fictosexuality

Also known as fictosexual, fictophilia, schediaphilia, toonophilia, schediophilia, Fictosexual, fictophille, fictonsexual

Fictosexuality and fictoromantic are sexual and romantic attraction towards fictional characters in media, as distinct from living people in real life.

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 948 inbound references to fictosexuality, and connects out to non-binary, LGBTQ people and romantic love.

It is catalogued under topics including Asexuality, Asexual spectrum sexual orientations and Fictosexuality.

Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

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Sexuality.caption: A man sleeping next to a framed drawing of Wiktionary-chan, a moe personification of Wiktionary
Sexuality.definition: Attraction to fictional characters
Sexuality.parent: Asexuality
Sexuality.classification: Sexual identity

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Fictosexuality

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections

Contents

History of the term
Human-oriented sexualism and humanogenderism
Marginalization, discrimination, and stigmatization
Research
Demographic research
Relationship with fictional characters
Queer studies
Community and activism
Cultural representation
See also
References

Fictosexuality and fictoromantic are sexual and romantic attraction towards fictional characters in media, as distinct from living people in real life.

Asexuals and aromantics have used the terms as sexual and romantic identity labels for those who only experience attraction to fictional characters and not to real people. The Japanese term nijikon ('2D complex') describes attraction to two-dimensional characters in anime and manga.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fictosexuality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.