Unconscious vs Somnophilia - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between unconscious and somnophilia

is that unconscious is (psychology) the unconscious mind while somnophilia is a paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.

As an adjective unconscious

is not awake; having no awareness.

unconscious

English

(Unconscious mind)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not awake; having no awareness.

She lay unconscious on the floor.

Without directed thought or awareness.

My sudden fright was an unconscious response.

(sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.

* 1998 , Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League , page 144

Sam is unconscious , filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.

* 1999 , Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange , page 10

"I was unconscious ," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."

* 2002 , Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure , page 292

Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, "I was unconscious," as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.

Synonyms

* insentient, oblivious, out of it, out on one's feet, unaware * (skilled performance without conscious control) in the zone, on a roll

Noun

(singulare tantum)

(psychology) The unconscious mind

somnophilia

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia somnophilia)

A paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.

* 2008 , D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, Sexual deviance: theory, assessment, and treatment (page 401)

In contrast, Calef and Weinshel (1972) suggested that somnophilia may be a neurotic equivalent of necrophilia.