-philia

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-philia

1. (pathology) Forming words meaning "an abnormal liking for or tendency towards a given thing". See paraphilia.

Antonyms

• -phobia

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -philia

Related terms

• -phile
• -philiac
• -philic

Translations

forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親...派 (cmn), 亲...派 (cmn) (qīn...pài), 親- (cmn), 亲- (cmn) (qīn-), 崇拜- (cmn) (chóngbài-)

• Dutch: -filie (nl)
• French: -philie (fr) f
• German: -philie (de) f

• Japanese: 親...派 (ja) (しん...は, shin...ha), -フィリア (ja) (-firia)
• Portuguese: -filia (pt) f
• Russian: -филия (ru) (-fílija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: -filija (sh)
• Spanish: -filia (es) f