piquerism

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Etymology

From French piquer +‎ -ism.

Noun

piquerism (uncountable)

  1. Sexual interest in penetrating another person's skin using sharp objects (e.g knives, nails, pins, razor, etc.).
    • 1983 October 1, Ronald M. Holmes, The Sex Offender and the Criminal Justice System, Springfield: C. C. Thomas, →ISBN, →OL, page 150:
      Piquerism, then, is usually perpetrated on others within some close physical proximity.
    • 2002, Wade C. Myers, Juvenile Sexual Homicide, London, San Diego: Academic Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 145:
      Often, the sexual mechanisms inherent in piquerism are ignored during the assessment of sexually sadistic crimes.
    • 2013 January 21, “Pilot”, in The Following, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Mike Weston (Shawn Ashmore):
      This triggered his piquerism, the act of stabbing, slicing flesh for arousal.

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