autoplushophilia

== English == === Etymology === From auto- (“reflexive, regarding or to oneself”) +‎ plushophilia (“the sexual attraction to plush toys”), from plush (“a plush toy”, noun) +‎ -o- (“a linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes to ease pronunciation without contributing to the word's meaning”) +‎ -philia (“abnormal love of something”). Coined in 2009 by the American psychologist, sexologist and physician Anne Lawrence. === Noun === autoplushophilia (uncountable) (sexology, very rare) The sexual attraction to envisioning oneself as a plush toy.