Saturday, July 6, 2019

Love and Attraction



While this list might seem a bit risqué judging from its title, it's not as bad (or good) as you might think. Each of these 114 weird words contains the word element "phil", from ancient Greek phileein to love, and so a 'philia' is a special love, affection, attraction or preference for a certain type of thing. From aerophilately - a pastime practiced by few - to zoophily - a pastime hopefully practiced by few, but unfortunately not - if you're a logophile, you'll love this list. Incidentally, since "zoophily" is regularly one of the Phrontistery's top keywords, a note to any aspiring zoophilists: There's nothing to see here! Get out! As for the rest of you, enjoy! To complement this list of philias, you may also find my list of manias to be of interest.


Word                Definition
  1. aerophilately collecting of air-mail stamps
  2. ailurophilia love of cats
  3. ammophilous sand-loving; preferring to dwell in sand
  4. anemophilous pollinated by wind
  5. anglophilia love or fondness for England or the English
  6. anthophilous loving or frequenting flowers
  7. apodysophilia feverish desire to undress
  8. arctophily study of teddy bears
  9. astrophile person interested in astronomy
  10. audiophile one who loves accurately reproduced recorded sound
  11. belonephilia sexual obsession with sharp objects
  12. bibliophily love or fondness for books or reading
  13. canophilia love or fondness for dogs
  14. cartophily the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
  15. chasmophilous fond of nooks, crevices and crannies
  16. chiropterophilous pollinated or frequented by bats
  17. chromophilous staining easily
  18. chrysophilist gold-lover
  19. clinophilia passion for beds
  20. coprophilia abnormal love or fondness for feces
  21. cynophilist one who loves dogs
  22. dendrophilous fond of trees
  23. discophile one who loves and studies sound recordings
  24. electrophile substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge
  25. entomophilous adapted for pollination by insects
  26. ergophile one who loves work
  27. Europhile one who loves Europe
  28. Francophile one who loves France or the French
  29. Gallophile one who loves France or the French
  30. geophilous living in or near the ground
  31. Germanophilia love or fondness for Germany or the Germans
  32. gerontophilia sexual attraction towards the elderly
  33. gynotikolobomassophile one who nibbles on women’s earlobes
  34. haemophilia hereditary disease causing excesssive bleeding
  35. halophilous tolerant of salt or salt-water
  36. heliophilous preferring or attracted to the sunlight
  37. hippophile lover of horses
  38. homophile one who prefers the company of the same sex; a homosexual
  39. hydrophilous loving or preferring water
  40. hygrophilous preferring or living where there is an abundance of moisture
  41. iconophilism a taste for pictures and symbols
  42. japanophilia love or admiration for Japan or the Japanese
  43. labeorphily collection and study of beer bottle labels
  44. limnophilous living in ponds or marshes
  45. lithophilous living among stones
  46. logophile a lover of words
  47. lygophilia love of darkness
  48. lyophile easily dispersed in a suitable medium
  49. malacophilous pollinated by snails
  50. myrmecophilous having a symbiotic relationship with ants
  51. necrophilia unusual love or sexual attraction for corpses
  52. negrophile one who is sympathetic towards black people
  53. nemophilist one who loves the woods
  54. neophile one who loves novelty and trends
  55. nitrophilous flourishing in or preferring locations with abundant nitrogen
  56. notaphily collecting of bank-notes and cheques
  57. oenophile one who is fond of or loves wine
  58. ombrophilous tolerant of large amounts of rainfall
  59. ophiophilist snake-lover
  60. ornithophilous pollinated by birds
  61. paedophilia abnormal love or sexual attraction for children
  62. palaeophile antiquarian
  63. paraphilia any abnormal sexual attraction
  64. peristerophily pigeon-collecting
  65. petrophilous living on or thriving in rocky areas
  66. philalethist lover of truth
  67. philately study of postage stamps
  68. philhippic loving or admiring horses
  69. phillumeny collecting of matchbox labels
  70. philocaly love of beauty
  71. philodemic fond of commoners or the lower classes
  72. philogyny love of women
  73. philomath lover of learning
  74. philonoist one who seeks knowledge
  75. philopornist lover of prostitutes
  76. philotechnical devoted to the arts
  77. philotherianism love of animals
  78. philoxenia hospitality
  79. photophilous preferring or thriving in lighted conditions
  80. phytophilous fond of plants
  81. pogonophile one who loves beards
  82. psammophile sand-loving plant
  83. psychrophilic thriving in cold temperatures
  84. retrophilia love of things of the past
  85. rheophile living or thriving in running water
  86. rhizophilous growing or thriving on or near roots
  87. Russophile one who admires Russia or the Russians
  88. sarcophilous fond of flesh
  89. sciophilous thriving in or loving shady conditions
  90. scopophilia obtaining sexual pleasure from seeing things
  91. Scotophilia admiration for Scotland or the Scots
  92. scripophily collection of bond and share certificates
  93. Sinophile one who admires China or the Chinese
  94. Slavophile one who admires the Slavs
  95. spermophile member of family of seed-loving rodents
  96. stegophilist one who climbs buildings for sport
  97. stigmatophilia obsession with tattooing or branding
  98. symphily living together for mutual benefit
  99. technophile one who is fond of technology
  100. thalassophilous living in or fond of the sea
  101. theophile one who loves or is loved by God
  102. thermophilous preferring or thriving in high temperatures
  103. timbrophily love or fondness for stamps; stamp-collecting
  104. tobaccophile one who loves tobacco
  105. topophilia great love or affection for a particular place
  106. toxophily love of archery; archery; study of archery
  107. tropophilous flourishing in seasonal extremes of climate
  108. turophile cheese lover
  109. typhlophile one who is kind to the blind
  110. xenophilia love of foreigners
  111. xerophily adaptation to very dry conditions
  112. xylophilous fond of wood; living in or on wood
  113. zoophilia loving or caring for animals; bestiality
  114. zoophily loving or caring for animals; bestiality

I hope you have found this site to be useful. If you have any corrections, additions, or comments, please contact me. Please note that I am not able to respond to all requests. Please consult a major dictionary before e-mailing your query. 
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