311. -Phile, -Philia, -Phily

See also 41. BEHAVIOR ; 91. COLLECTIONS and COLLECTING ; 251. LOVE ; 254. MANIAS ; 313. PHOBIAS ; 334. PSYCHOLOGY .

aileurophilia, ailurophilia

an abnormal fondness for cats.

Anglophile

a person with a fondness for England and things English.

audiophile

a person especially interested in high-fidelity sound equipment and recordings on tape or disks.

audiophilia

1. the state or condition of an audiophile.

2. the state of one who listens to high-fidelity equipment solely for the quality of reproduction. —audiophilic, adj.

bibliophile

a lover of books.—bibliophilism, bibliophily, n.

carcinophilia

an affinity for cancerous tissue, a property of certain chemical agents.

cinephilia

avid moviegoing. —cinephile, n., adj.

claustrophilia

an abnormal desire to be closed in, to shut all windows and doors. —claustrophile, n. —claustrophilic, adj.

demophilia

a great fondness for crowds.

discophily, diskophily

the zealous study and collection of phonograph records. Also called phonophily . —discophile, diskophile, n.

Francophile

a person with a fondness for France and things French.

galeophilia

aileurophilia.

Cermanophile

a person who is especially attracted to or interested in Germany, its people, culture, etc.

gramophile

British. a lover and collector of phonograph records.

hydrophily

an affinity for water, a property of certain materials. —hydrophilic, hydrophilous, adj.

iconophilist

a person who collects pictures, as prints, engravings, lithographs, etc.

laparotomaphilia

the abnormal desire to undergo abdominal surgery for simulated reasons.

musicophile

a music lover.

mysophilia

an abnormal attraction to filth.

necrophilia, necrophily, necrophilism

an abnormal attraction, especially erotic, to corpses. —necrophile, n., adj. —necrophiliac, n., adj.

nemophily

a fondness or liking for forests, woods, or woodland scenery. —nemophilist, n. —nemophilous, adj.

nosophilia

an abnormal desire to be ill. Also called pathophilia .

nyctophilia

an abnormal preference for the night over the day.

pathophilia

nosophilia.

phonophily

discophily.

pyrophilia

a love of fire

Russophilism

great fondness for or interest in Russia, its people, customs, language, art, etc. —Russophile, n., adj.

Slavophilism

enthusiasm for or admiration of things Slavic, its literature, language, culture, customs, etc. —Slavophil, Slavophile, n., adj.

taphophilia

an abnormal love for funerals, graves, and cemeteries.

toxophily

the art or sport of archery. —toxophilite, n.

zoophilism, zoophily

love of animals. —zoophilist, n. —zoophilous, adj.