sapiosexuality

From Latin sapiens (“wise, judicious”) + sexuality or sapiosexual +‎ -ity. Purportedly coined in 1998.^[1]

sapiosexuality (uncountable)

1. The state of being sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
   • 2008 August 17, Mohua Das, Malini Banerjee, “Virtual Vanities”, in The Telegraph, Calcutta:

     So a self-confessed culture vulture is a member of communities on authors, sudoku, films, chocolates and sapiosexuality (sapiosexuals are people who are apparently turned on by intelligence).

   • 2012 May, Carolina Montejo, “Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay”, in Vangardist, page 129:

     I went to friend and psychologist Alejandro Spicker — who's both attractive and smart — and asked him what he thought of sapiosexuality.

   • 2013 May 28, Sunayana Suresh, “Are women attracted to the sapiosexual men?”, in The Times of India:

     Sapiosexuality is getting aroused not by the physical appearance of a person, but through his or her intelligence.