philia

See also -philia

English

Noun

Wikipedia philia (countable and uncountable; plural philias)

1. friendship (translating Greek φιλία in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics)
2. liking
3. (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

Translations

friendship — see friendship

liking — see liking

psychological disorder

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  Mandarin: 嗜好 (cmn) (shìhào)， 癖好 (cmn) (pǐhào)

• Czech: filie (cs) f
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• Portuguese: filia (pt) f
• Russian: филия (ru) (filíja) f
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Antonyms

• (in psychology): phobia

References

• OED 2006