-philia

See also: philia

English

Etymology

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

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

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Related terms

Translations

forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing

Chinese:
Mandarin: 親...派, 亲...派 (qīn...pài), 親- (zh), 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
Japanese: 親...派 (しん...は, shin...ha), -フィリア (-firia)
Malay: -filia
Portuguese: -filia (pt) f
Russian: -фи́лия f (-fílija)
Serbo-Croatian: -filija
Spanish: -filia f

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