autonepiophilia

From auto- +‎ nepiophilia. Coined by New Zealand-American psychologist and sexologist John Money in 1986.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtəʊˌniːpiəʊˈfɪliə/
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧nep‧i‧oh‧phil‧ia
• Rhymes: -ɪliə

autonepiophilia (uncountable)

2. (sexuality, formal) Paraphilic infantilism with oneself in the role of the infant or toddler, wearing diapers, engaging in child-like activities and engaging with childish paraphernalia; a kink in which one imagines themselves as a baby or toddler, part of ABDL.

   Hypernym: ageplay

   Near-synonym: adult baby syndrome

   • 2004, Nancy Butcher, The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse:

     With one kind of chronophilia called autonepiophilia, sexual arousal and pleasure are dependent on, and responsive to, pretending to be a baby in diapers and having one's sexual partner play along.

   • 2006, Eric W. Hickey, Sex Crimes and Paraphilia, page 355:

     Infantilism, also known as autonepiophilia (Money, 1986) is a paraphilia characteristic of a masquerade in which an individual is symbolically transformed back to infancy.

   • 2007, Fouad R. Kandeel, Male Sexual Dysfunction: Pathophysiology and Treatment, page 89:

     Autonepiophilia is when the paraphilic individual behaves like a child, usually in wearing diapers as a necessary part of sexual activity.

• adult baby