-Phile, -Philia, -Phily
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See also behavior; collections and collecting; love; manias; phobias; psychology.
aileurophilia, ailurophilia
an abnormal fondness for cats.
a person with a fondness for England and things English.
a person especially interested in high-fidelity sound equipment and recordings on tape or disks.
audiophilia
1. the state or condition of an audiophile.
2. the state of one who listens to high-fidelity equipment solely for the quality of reproduction. —audiophilic, adj.
a lover of books.—bibliophilism, bibliophily, n.
carcinophilia
an affinity for cancerous tissue, a property of certain chemical agents.
cinephilia
avid moviegoing. —cinephile, n., adj.
claustrophilia
an abnormal desire to be closed in, to shut all windows and doors. —claustrophile, n. —claustrophilic, adj.
demophilia
a great fondness for crowds.
discophily, diskophily
the zealous study and collection of phonograph records. Also called phonophily. —discophile, diskophile, n.
a person with a fondness for France and things French.
galeophilia
aileurophilia.
Cermanophile
a person who is especially attracted to or interested in Germany, its people, culture, etc.
gramophile
British. a lover and collector of phonograph records.
hydrophily
an affinity for water, a property of certain materials. —hydrophilic, hydrophilous, adj.
iconophilist
a person who collects pictures, as prints, engravings, lithographs, etc.
laparotomaphilia
the abnormal desire to undergo abdominal surgery for simulated reasons.
musicophile
a music lover.
an abnormal attraction to filth.
an abnormal attraction, especially erotic, to corpses. —necrophile, n., adj. —necrophiliac, n., adj.
nemophily
a fondness or liking for forests, woods, or woodland scenery. —nemophilist, n. —nemophilous, adj.
an abnormal desire to be ill. Also called pathophilia.
an abnormal preference for the night over the day.
pathophilia
nosophilia.
phonophily
discophily.
pyrophilia
a love of fire
Russophilism
great fondness for or interest in Russia, its people, customs, language, art, etc. —Russophile, n., adj.
enthusiasm for or admiration of things Slavic, its literature, language, culture, customs, etc. —Slavophil, Slavophile, n., adj.
taphophilia
an abnormal love for funerals, graves, and cemeteries.
the art or sport of archery. —toxophilite, n.
zoophilism, zoophily
love of animals. —zoophilist, n. —zoophilous, adj.