porcophilia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin porcus (“pig”) +‎ -philia

Noun[edit]

porcophilia (uncountable)

  1. Love or admiration for pigs.
  2. Interest in eating, rearing or associating with pigs.
    • 2007 September, Christopher Hitchens, “God is not great”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), A Short Digression on the Pig; or, Why Heaven Hates Ham:
      Porcophobia and porcophilia — thus probably originate in a nighttime of human sacrifice and even cannibalism at which the “holy” texts often do more than hint.
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