sapiophile
A person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.
Noun
- A person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.
- I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm a sapiophile. I'm attracted to intelligent and unique men. - 2014, Jennifer Gibson Joseph, Daith Hardd: Life, Love and the Beautiful Journey of Finding My Authentic Self,...
- She's a registered Sapiophile, a proud Geek since long before Geek was chic and believes that everyone deserves a happily ever after. - 2014, A. D. Marrow, Love and Other Cosmic Nonsense:
- “My advice to smart single ladies? Go find a^([sic]) emotionally healthy man with high self-esteem,” she says. “He'll most likely be a sapiophile (someone who finds intelligence the most sexually attractive feature),...
Origin
From Latin sapiens + -phile.