coprophilia

[ kop-ruh-fil-ee-uh ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. an obsessive interest in feces.

coprophilia

/ ˌkɒprəʊˈfɪlɪə /

noun

1. an abnormal interest in faeces and their evacuation

Other Words From

• copro·phili·ac noun
• copro·philic adjective
• co·proph·i·lism [k, uh, -, prof, -, uh, -liz-, uh, m], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coprophilia¹

First recorded in 1930–35; copro- + -philia

Example Sentences

Loudoun’s policy cites Virginia law to define sexually explicit content as descriptions, pictures, photographs, drawings, films or other visual representations of “sexual bestiality, a lewd exhibition of nudity … sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse … coprophilia, urophilia, or fetishism.”

From Washington Post

What frustrates me most is the law’s illogical examples of banned materials, “descriptions, images or videos of sexual bestiality, lewd nudity, sexual excitement, sexual conduct, sadomasochistic abuse, coprophilia, urophilia or fetishism.”

From Washington Post

The law defines sexually explicit material as descriptions, images or videos of sexual bestiality, lewd nudity, sexual excitement, sexual conduct, sadomasochistic abuse, coprophilia, urophilia or fetishism.

From Washington Post

In a frank interview with Belgian Catholic weekly Tertio, the pontiff said the media's obsession with scandal was akin to "coprophilia", an abnormal interest in excrement.

From BBC

“I believe that the media should be very clear, very transparent, and not fall prey—without offense, please—to the sickness of coprophilia, which is always wanting to communicate scandal, to communicate ugly things, even though they may be true,” he said.

From Time