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-philia

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-philia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/, /-ˈfiː.li.ə/
Rhymes: -ɪliə, -iːliə
Hyphenation: phil‧ia

Suffix

-philia

Used to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).
Afrophilia = a love of Africa or African people
(pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.

Antonyms

-phobia

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -philia

altocalciphilia

andromimetophilia

autassassinophilia

autoplushophilia

chiropterophilia

Christianophilia

erotophonophilia

gynandromorphophilia

gynemimetophilia

microaerophilia

Palestinophilia

polychromatophilia

rhinoglottophilia

Related terms

Translations

forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing

Catalan: -fília f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 親...派 / 亲...派 (qīn...pài), 親- / 亲- (zh) (qīn-), 崇拜- (zh) (chóngbài-)
Dutch: -filie (nl)
Finnish: -filia
French: -philie (fr) f
Galician: -filia (gl) f
Georgian: -ფილია (-pilia)
German: -philie (de) f
Hungarian: -fília, vonzalom (hu), vonzódás (hu)
Japanese: 親...派 (しん...は, shin...ha), -フィリア (-firia)
Malay: -filia (ms)
Polish: -filia (pl) f
Portuguese: -filia (pt) f
Romanian: -filie f
Russian: -фи́лия f (-fílija)
Serbo-Croatian: -filija
Spanish: -filia (es) f
Turkish: -fili

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