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adj
Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Between a human and an object, or being directed or oriented towards objects.
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noun
A person who is attracted to an object and/or in a relationship with an object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: objectum-sexual, pygmaliosexual
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh1- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh1kt ~ *(H)ih1kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Latin obiectumlbor. English objectum Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet.
