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
- aerophilately collecting of air-mail stamps
- ailurophilia love of cats
- ammophilous sand-loving; preferring to dwell in sand
- anemophilous pollinated by wind
- anglophilia love or fondness for England or the English
- anthophilous loving or frequenting flowers
- apodysophilia feverish desire to undress
- arctophily study of teddy bears
- astrophile person interested in astronomy
- audiophile one who loves accurately reproduced recorded sound
- belonephilia sexual obsession with sharp objects
- bibliophily love or fondness for books or reading
- canophilia love or fondness for dogs
- cartophily the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- chasmophilous fond of nooks, crevices and crannies
- chiropterophilous pollinated or frequented by bats
- chromophilous staining easily
- chrysophilist gold-lover
- clinophilia passion for beds
- coprophilia abnormal love or fondness for feces
- cynophilist one who loves dogs
- dendrophilous fond of trees
- discophile one who loves and studies sound recordings
- electrophile substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge
- entomophilous adapted for pollination by insects
- ergophile one who loves work
- Europhile one who loves Europe
- Francophile one who loves France or the French
- Gallophile one who loves France or the French
- geophilous living in or near the ground
- Germanophilia love or fondness for Germany or the Germans
- gerontophilia sexual attraction towards the elderly
- gynotikolobomassophile one who nibbles on women’s earlobes
- haemophilia hereditary disease causing excesssive bleeding
- halophilous tolerant of salt or salt-water
- heliophilous preferring or attracted to the sunlight
- hippophile lover of horses
- homophile one who prefers the company of the same sex; a homosexual
- hydrophilous loving or preferring water
- hygrophilous preferring or living where there is an abundance of moisture
- iconophilism a taste for pictures and symbols
- japanophilia love or admiration for Japan or the Japanese
- labeorphily collection and study of beer bottle labels
- limnophilous living in ponds or marshes
- lithophilous living among stones
- logophile a lover of words
- lygophilia love of darkness
- lyophile easily dispersed in a suitable medium
- malacophilous pollinated by snails
- myrmecophilous having a symbiotic relationship with ants
- necrophilia unusual love or sexual attraction for corpses
- negrophile one who is sympathetic towards black people
- nemophilist one who loves the woods
- neophile one who loves novelty and trends
- nitrophilous flourishing in or preferring locations with abundant nitrogen
- notaphily collecting of bank-notes and cheques
- oenophile one who is fond of or loves wine
- ombrophilous tolerant of large amounts of rainfall
- ophiophilist snake-lover
- ornithophilous pollinated by birds
- paedophilia abnormal love or sexual attraction for children
- palaeophile antiquarian
- paraphilia any abnormal sexual attraction
- peristerophily pigeon-collecting
- petrophilous living on or thriving in rocky areas
- philalethist lover of truth
- philately study of postage stamps
- philhippic loving or admiring horses
- phillumeny collecting of matchbox labels
- philocaly love of beauty
- philodemic fond of commoners or the lower classes
- philogyny love of women
- philomath lover of learning
- philonoist one who seeks knowledge
- philopornist lover of prostitutes
- philotechnical devoted to the arts
- philotherianism love of animals
- philoxenia hospitality
- photophilous preferring or thriving in lighted conditions
- phytophilous fond of plants
- pogonophile one who loves beards
- psammophile sand-loving plant
- psychrophilic thriving in cold temperatures
- retrophilia love of things of the past
- rheophile living or thriving in running water
- rhizophilous growing or thriving on or near roots
- Russophile one who admires Russia or the Russians
- sarcophilous fond of flesh
- sciophilous thriving in or loving shady conditions
- scopophilia obtaining sexual pleasure from seeing things
- Scotophilia admiration for Scotland or the Scots
- scripophily collection of bond and share certificates
- Sinophile one who admires China or the Chinese
- Slavophile one who admires the Slavs
- spermophile member of family of seed-loving rodents
- stegophilist one who climbs buildings for sport
- stigmatophilia obsession with tattooing or branding
- symphily living together for mutual benefit
- technophile one who is fond of technology
- thalassophilous living in or fond of the sea
- theophile one who loves or is loved by God
- thermophilous preferring or thriving in high temperatures
- timbrophily love or fondness for stamps; stamp-collecting
- tobaccophile one who loves tobacco
- topophilia great love or affection for a particular place
- toxophily love of archery; archery; study of archery
- tropophilous flourishing in seasonal extremes of climate
- turophile cheese lover
- typhlophile one who is kind to the blind
- xenophilia love of foreigners
- xerophily adaptation to very dry conditions
- xylophilous fond of wood; living in or on wood
- zoophilia loving or caring for animals; bestiality
- zoophily loving or caring for animals; bestiality
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