Citations:fictosexuality

Noun: "(neologism) sexual or romantic attraction to fictional characters"

 * 2020, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, "Computer-Mediated Intimacy and 'Socialification' of Familyship", paper submitted to Komazawa University, page 14:
 * These types of affection resembles [sic] fictosexuality, which refers to exclusive sexual attraction to fictional characters of movies, novels, comics, and games, among others [44].
 * 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:
 * The idea that asexuality would include or relate to other forms of sexuality like fictosexuality or fictophilia was occasionally criticized to be ‘not legit’ but rather, as someone put it, another instance of ‘tumblr-esque sexuality labels.’