objectum
Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.
Adjective
- Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.
- Between a human and an object, or being directed or oriented towards objects.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti Proto-Italic *jīkjō Proto-Italic *jakjōder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Latin obiectumlbor. English objectum Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet.
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Noun
- A person who is attracted to an object and/or in a relationship with an object.
Synonyms: objectum-sexual pygmaliosexual