Pygmalionismn.

1905 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex IV. 188 Pygmalionism, or falling in love with statues, is a rare form of erotomania founded on the sense of vision.

1928 M. E. Paul tr. I. Bloch Sexual Life our Time xxiii. 648 The idea of the life of the statue is even more distinctly manifest in the so-called ‘pygmalionism’, an imitation of the ancient legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, and a utilization of this legend for erotic ends. Naked living women, in such cases, stand as ‘statues’..and are watched by the pygmalionist, whereupon they gradually come to life.

1940 L. E. Hinsie & J. Shatzky Psychiatric Dict. 453/1 Pygmalionism,..the condition of falling in love with a creation of one's own.

1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far iii. iv. 201 ‘Did you ever happen to hear of something called Pygmalionism?’... ‘It's a fancy name for iconolagnia.’

1966 J. Cohen Human Robots iv. 66 We may regard Pygmalionism as a manifestation of a more general tendency to excitement induced by a partner's passivity.

1998 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 May (Book section) x15 Narcissism, or pygmalionism, is the essential vice a writer must have. Characters (and even situations) are like children or lovers.

2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Feb. 30/2 Wood cites Iwan Bloch's essay on sexual ‘Pygmalionism’, which describes the use of statues and ‘certain Parisian rubber articles’ to satisfy lusty desires.