Frotteurism

//fɹɒˈtɜːɹ.ɪzm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of non-consensually rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger, considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is frottage.) uncountable
  2. 2
    A paraphilia involving sexual arousal from rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
frottage

Etymology

From frotteur + -ism.

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