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-philia

A philia is the love or obsession with a particular thing or subject. The suffix -philia is used to specify the love or obsession with something more specific. It is antonymic to -phobia.

The Greek word philia refers to brotherly love, including friendship and affection. This contrasts to the Greek terms eros, or sexual/romantic love, and agape, or detached, spiritual love.

What follows is a list of words that have the suffix -philia.

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1 A
2 B
3 C
4 D
5 E
6 F
7 G
8 H
9 I
10 J
11 K
12 L
13 M
14 N
15 O
16 P
17 Q
18 R
19 S
20 T
21 U
22 V
23 W
24 X
25 Y
26 Z

A

B

C

D

  • dendrophilia - Love of trees
  • discophilia - Love of sound recordings

E

F

  • Francophilia/Gallohilia - Love of France and/or the French

G

  • geophilia - Love of earth or geology
  • germanophilia - Love of Germany and/or German
  • gerontophilia - Sexual attraction towards the elderly
  • gynotikolobomassophilia - Love of biting a females earlobes

H

I

  • iconophilia - Love of pictures and symbols

J

K

L

  • labeorphilia - Love of beer bottle labels
  • limnophilia - Love of ponds or marshes
  • lipophilia
  • lithophilia - Love of stones
  • logophilia - Love of words
  • lygophilia - Love of darkness
  • lyophilia - easily dispersed in a suitable medium

M

N

O

  • oenophilia - Love of Wine
  • ombrophilia - Love of large amounts of rainfall
  • ophiophilia - Love of snakes
  • ornithophilia - Love of birds

P

Q

R

  • retrophilia - Love of things of the past
  • rheophilia - Love of living or spending time in running water
  • rhizophilous - Love of living or spending time on roots
  • russophilia - Love of Russia and/or Russians

S

  • sarcophilia - Love of flesh
  • sciophilia - Love of living or spending time in shady conditions
  • scopophilia - Sexual pleasure from seeing things
  • scotophilia - Love of Scotland and/or the Scottish
  • scripophilia - Love of bond and share certificates
  • sinophilia - Love of China and/or the Chinese
  • stegophilia - Love of climbing buildings
  • stigmatophilia - Love of tattooing or branding

T

U

V

W

X

  • xenophilia - Love of foreigners
  • xerophilia - Love of living or spending time in very dry conditions
  • xylophilia - Love of wood

Y

Z





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