Citations:fictosexual

Adjective: "(neologism) sexually and/or romantically attracted to fictional characters"

 * 2017, Morag A. Yule, Lori A. Brotto, & Boris B. Gorzalka, "Sexual Fantasy and Masturbation Among Asexual Individuals: An In-Depth Exploration", Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume 46 (2017), page 323:
 * In fact, there are at least some self-identified asexual individuals who also identify as "fictosexual" or "fictoromantic"
 * 2020, Gaia Steinberg, "The Relational Matrix: Sexuality, Romance and Coupledom in the Lives of Asexual Individuals", thesis submitted to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, page 7:
 * Self-descriptions such as "Sapphic Ace, Alterous, Demisensual, Fictosexual, Aegosexual" (quoted from an AVEN member's profile page) are common on the AVEN forums.
 * 2021, Veli-Matti Karhulahti & Tanja Välisalo, "Fictosexuality, Fictoromance, and Fictophilia: A Qualitative Study of Love and Desire for Fictional Characters", Frontiers in Psychology, January 2021:
 * Again, even though we use the term fictophilia, it was not used by all discussants and some defined their relationships to a fictional character as fictoromantic, fictosexual, or squish, the latter referring to a non-sexual and non-romantic infatuation.

Noun: "(neologism) a person who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to fictional characters"

 * 2011, Alexa, quoted in Karley Sciortino, "Enter The Dragon", Vice, Volume 18, Number 5, page 50:
 * No, but I consider myself a toonophiliac and a fictosexual, so I find cartoon characters and fictional characters to be fine, sexy beasts.