Chrematistophilia (from Greek

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χρηματιστής ''chrematistes'' (meaning "money-giver" or "money-trader") and the

suffix In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...

philia ''Philia'' (; ), is one of the four ancient Greek words for love: ''philia'', '' storge'', ''agape'' and ''eros''. In Aristotle's ''Nicomachean Ethics'', philia is usually translated as "friendship" or affection. The complete opposite is ca ...

) is a

paraphilia Paraphilia (previously known as sexual perversion and sexual deviation) is the experience of intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. It has also been defined as sexual interest in anything ot ...

whereby

sexual arousal Sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when exposed to sexual stimuli. A number of physiological responses occur in the body and mind as ...

is obtained from being robbed.

Kleptolagnia Kleptolagnia (from Greek ''kleptein'' meaning "to steal", and ''lagnia'' meaning "sexual excitement") is the state of being sexually aroused by theft. A kleptolagniac is a person aroused by the act of theft. It is also known as kleptophilia, and is ...

is its opposite,

obtained through theft or breaking and entering.

References

Paraphilias Sexual fetishism {{sex-stub