AdamSmith Posted October 22, 2014 Posted October 22, 2014 Most elucidative. http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/philias.html Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 22, 2014 Author Posted October 22, 2014 From the foregoing: Our list of philias was created from a corrected list of phobias by simply replacing phobia with philia. Theoretically, this should work, although there are some things that we don't love. This does not mean that the philia word is not possible, so we have simply generated the list to remind ourselves that obsessive love is as real a potential human condition as is obsessive fear. For a longer discussion of what we have done, click here. A person possessed of a philia is a -phile, e.g. bibliophile, blogophile, Russophile. The adjective describing these conditions is -philic, e.g. bibliophilic, blogophilic, Russophilic. You may convert the adjectives into adverbs by simply adding -ly. For a list of corresponding philias, click here For a list of corresponding manias, click here To take the alphaDictionary Phobias Test, click here. |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z| philia Obsessive Love of A ablutophilia washing or bathing acarophilia itching acerophilia sourness or sour things achluophilia darkness acousticophilia noise acrophilia heights, high places aeroacrophilia open high places aeronauseophilia airsickness aerophilia air or drafts agateophilia insanity agoraphilia open or public places agathophilia kindness agriozoophilia wild animals agyrophilia streets or crossing them aichmophilia sharp or pointed objects ailurophilia cats albuminurophilia albumen in the urine or kidney disease alektorophilia roosters or chickens algophilia pain alliophilia garlic (Latinized; see scorodophilia) allodoxaphilia different opinions altophilia heights, high places (Latinized; see acrophilia) amathophilia dust amaxophilia riding in a car or wagon ambulophilia walking amnesiophilia forgetting amychophilia being scratched anablephilia looking up androphilia men anemophilia wind or drafts anginophilia angina, choking tightness Anglophilia things English ankylophilia immobility of a joint anthophilia flowers anthropophilia people or society antlophilia floods anuptophilia staying single apeirophilia infinity aphenophilia riches, wealth apiophilia bees apotemnophilia persons with amputations arachibutyrophilia peanut butter sticking in your mouth arachnephilia spiders (See also arachnophilia) arachnophilia spiders (See also arachnephilia) arithmophilia numbers astrophilia stars or celestial space asymmetrophilia asymmetrical things ataxiophilia loss of muscular coordination ataxophilia disorder or untidiness atelophilia imperfection atephilia ruin or ruins athazagoraphilia forgetfulness or being forgotton atomosophilia atomic explosions atychiphilia failure or misfortune augophilia bright lights, glare, sunlight aulophilia flutes aurophilia gold aurorophilia the Northern Lights autodysomophilia bad odors or people with them automatonophilia automatons automysophilia being dirty autophilia solitude, being alone aviatophilia flying (See also aviophilia) aviophilia flying (See also aviatophilia) |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z| B bacillophilia microbes bacteriophilia bacteria ballistophilia missiles, including bullets barophilia gravity basiphilia falling or being unable to stand bathyphilia depth or deep water batrachophilia amphibians, such as frogs Beatlephilia The Beatles belonephilia sharp, pointed objects (See also aichmophilia) bibliophilia books blennophilia slime blogophilia blogs and writing them Bolshephilia Bolsheviks botanophilia plants bromidrophilia body smells (Questionable; see also bromidrosiphilia) bromidrosiphilia body smells (Questionable; see also bromidrophilia) brontophilia thunder and lightning bufonophilia toads |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z| C cacophilia ugliness cainophilia newness, novelty, change (See also cainotophilia) cainotophilia newness, novelty, change (See also cainophilia) caligynephilia beautiful women cancerophilia cancer (Better: carcinophilia) carcinophilia cancer (Preferable to cancerophilia) cardiophilia heart, the carnophilia meat catagelophilia being ridiculed catapedophilia jumping cathisophilia sitting catoptrophilia mirrors cenophilia empty spaces centophilia new things or ideas ceraunophilia thunder and lightning chaetophilia hair cheimatophilia the cold or cold things chemophilia chemicals cherophilia gaiety chionophilia snow chiraptophilia being touched chirophilia hands cholerophilia anger or cholera chorophilia dancing chromatophilia colors chrometophilia money chronomentrophilia clocks chronophilia time cibophilia food cibophilia food (See also Sitophilia, Sitiophilia) claustrophilia confinement cleithrophilia being enclosed (See also clithrophilia) kleptophilia stealing, theifs clinophilia going to bed clithrophilia being enclosed cnidophilia stings coimetrophilia cemeteries coitophilia sex or sexual relations cometophilia comets contreltophilia sexual abuse coprastasophilia constipation coprophilia feces coulrophilia clowns counterphilia fearful situations cremnophilia cliffs and precipices cryophilia extreme cold, ice or frost crystallophilia crystals or glass cyberphilia Internet, the cyclophilia cycles or bicycles cymophilia waves or waviness cynophilia dogs or rabies cyprianophilia prostitutes or venereal disease cypridophilia venereal disease cyprinophilia prostitutes |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z| D daimonophilia ghosts or demons decalcophilia decals defecaloesiophilia painful bowels movements deipnophilia dining dementophilia insanity Etc., etc., etc. Quote
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