Philia - n. a combining form used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “unnatural attraction” ( necrophilia ), “tendency” ( hemophilia ); also forming abstract nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -philic or -philous or nouns ending in -phile.

  • agathophilia (kindness)
  • agriozoophilia (wild animals)
  • ailurophilia (cats)
  • ambulophilia (walking)
  • amnesiophilia (forgetting)
  • anthophilia (flowers)
  • astrophilia (stars or celestial space)
  • bibliophilia (books)
  • catoptrophilia (mirrors)
  • cheimatrophilia (the cold or cold things)
  • chionophilia (snow)
  • chirophilia (hands)
  • chorophilia (dancing)
  • chromatophilia (colors)
  • chronomentrophilia (time)
  • clinophilia (going to bed)
  • epistemophilia (knowledge)
  • equinophilia (horses)
  • euphilia (goodness or anything good)
  • geliophilia (laughter)
  • gerontophilia (old people)
  • geumophilia (taste)
  • glossophilia (language or speaking)
  • graphophilia (writing)
  • hedonophilia (feeling pleasure)
  • heliophilia (the sun or sunlight)
  • hellonophilia (things Greek)
  • hypnophilia (sleep)
  • isolophilia (solitude, being alone)
  • kainotophilia (change)
  • logophilia (words)
  • lygophilia (darkness)
  • malaxophilia (softening, softness)
  • melophilia (music)
  • meteorophilia (meteors)
  • metrophilia (poetry)
  • microphilia (small things)
  • mnemophilia (memories)
  • nyctophilia (night, dark)
  • alfactophilia (smells)
  • ombrophilia (rain)
  • ommatophilia (eyes)
  • oneirophilia (dreams)
  • onomatophilia (words or a certain word)
  • optophilia (opening one's eyes)
  • ornithophilia (birds)
  • philiphilia (affection, kindness)
  • phronemophilia (thinking)
  • sesquipedalophilia (long words)
  • symbolophilia (symbolism)
  • thalassophilia (sea, ocean)
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