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)