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Word for love of/attraction to teachers?

pickarooney · 2017-12-27 11:48:45

I'm surprised this isn't a common enough term given the ubiquity of the teacher/student fantasy but I haven't come across an accepted term for the attraction to or love of teachers. I was thinking something like didaskophilia but there aren't many results on that and none of them really relevant. A search for…

27-12-2017 12:48pm

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I'm surprised this isn't a common enough term given the ubiquity of the teacher/student fantasy but I haven't come across an accepted term for the attraction to or love of teachers.

I was thinking something like didaskophilia but there aren't many results on that and none of them really relevant. A search for didaskaleinophilia yields nothing yet didaskaleinophobia (fear of teachers) is relatively widespread.

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