Coined from the Ancient Greek ἔκρηξις (Ékrēxis) meaning Explosion, Violent release of Energy and the Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā) meaning love, an Ekrexiphilia is getting sexual gratification at the idea of bombing foreign countries with no regard for their inhabitants, an Ekrexiphile supports bombing, and may often celebrate the killing of people via bombs.
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noun
1. A person possessing an obsessive or unnatural interest in explosions and/or explosives.
2. Someone who finds sexual pleasure from the creation or viewing of explosions
Antonym: Ekrixiphobia
noun
1. A person possessing an obsessive or unnatural interest in explosions and/or explosives.
2. Someone who finds sexual pleasure from the creation or viewing of explosions
Antonym: Ekrixiphobia
Prosecutor: In your opinion, why do you think she placed the explosives?
Witness: She said she had ekrixiphilia. She just wanted to see something blow up. It didn't matter what. She said it turned her on.
Person 1: I love explosions. Big ones, small ones. Every size, shape, and color, I like 'em all.
Person 2: So you're an ekrixiphiliac?
Person 1: If that means I think watching stuff go boom is the coolest thing in the world, then sure.
Witness: She said she had ekrixiphilia. She just wanted to see something blow up. It didn't matter what. She said it turned her on.
Person 1: I love explosions. Big ones, small ones. Every size, shape, and color, I like 'em all.
Person 2: So you're an ekrixiphiliac?
Person 1: If that means I think watching stuff go boom is the coolest thing in the world, then sure.
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