List of Philes

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Suffixes with the common part -phil- (-phile, -philia, -philic) are used to specify some kind of attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something. They are antonymic to suffixes -phob-. Phil- (Philo-) may also be used as a prefix with a similar meaning. Philia () as an ancient Greek word for love refers to brotherly love, including friendship and affection. This contrast to the ancient Greek terms Eros, or sexual/romantic love, and agap, or detached, spiritual love. English usage differs in some cases from the etymological use, and several of these words refer in English not to brotherly love but to sexual attraction. The suffix "-phile" (or, in a few cases, -philiac) applies to someone or something with one of these attractions. The suffix "-philic" describes the property of being attracted to something. The less common suffix "-phily" is synonymous with "-philia". There are five major areas of usage of this suffix: biology, sexology, chemistry/physics, hobbies, and attitude to specific nations, with occasional coinage in other areas. Contents [hide] 1 Biology 2 Chemistry and Physics 3 Hobbies 4 National 5 Other 6 Prefix phil- Biology
acidophilia / acidophile: Preference of acidic conditions alkaliphilia / alkaliphile: Preference of alkaline environments. anthophilia / anthophile / anthophilic: Attraction to flowers. anthrophile / anthrophilic: Attracted to humans (e.g., parasites). anemophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
cryophilia / cryophilic / cryophile: Preference for cold environments, climates, objects and low temperatures; e.g., Protea cryophila (Snow Protea). dendrophilia / dendrophilic / dendrophile: Preference of trees or other plants. entomophilous: Adapted for pollination by insects. extremophilia / extremophile: Preference of living extremal conditions for some microorganisms. geophilia / geophilic / Geophile Referring to organisms that prefer the soil. halophilia / halophile: Attraction/attracted to salt or salt-water. heliophilia / heliophile: Attraction/attracted to sunlight. hydrophilia: Attraction to water. hyperthermophilia / hyperthermophile / hyperthermophilic: Describing organisms that thrive in extremely hot environments. limnophilia / limnophile / limnophilic: Preference of ponds or marshes. lithophilia / lithophile / litophilic: Preference/affinity to stones. mesophilia / mesophile: Preference of moderate temperatures in microorganisms. microaerophilia / microaerophile / Microaerophilic: of organisms that can tolerate or require environments containing low levels of oxygen. myrmecophilia: in names of orchids of genus myrmecophila, "love of ants" nemophilia: Love of the woods/forests, in the name of the genus Nemophilia of flowers. necrophilia necrophile: attraction to the dead nyctophilia: A preference for darkness or night. ombrophilia / ombrophile: Affinity/affined to large amounts of rainfall. petrophilia / petrophile / petrophilic: Preference of living or spending time in rocky areas. photophilia / photophile / photophilic: Preference of living or spending time in lighted conditions. psammophile: A plant loving sandy areas (psammophyte). psychrophilia / psychrophile: Preference of cold temperatures. rheophilia: Preference of living in running water.
rhizophilia: Preference of living on roots. sciaphilia or skiaphilia: Preference of living in shady or dark areas (as opposed to photophilia). thermophilia: Love of high temperatures; thriving in high temperatures (e.g. microbes). tropophilia / tropophile / tropophilous: Preference of seasonal extremes of climate. xerophilia: Love of living or spending time in very dry conditions. xylophilia: Love of wood. zoophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by animals. Chemistry and Physics
chromophilous: Staining easily electrophile: A substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge lipophilic: (of a substance) attracted to lipids, as in cell membranes. litophilic: (of a substance) In microfluidics, enriching on channel walls instead of in the middle of the channels. (e.g. air bubbles) nucleophile: A substance having an affinity for positive charge; antonym of electrophile. hydrophilic: (of a substance) having a tendency to interact with or be dissolved by water and other polar substances Hobbies
audiophilia: Love of high-fidelity sound reproduction arctophilia: Love of teddy bears; especially, an interest in collecting teddy bears bibliophilia: Love of books cinephilia: Love of cinema and film glossophilia: Love of languages horolophilia: Love of timepieces, specifically wristwatches. icthyophilia: Love of fish
logophilia: Love of words - Logophiles may be interested in word games, such as crosswords, or Scrabble, and in the extreme, derive enjoyment from reading things commonly given less notice, such as labels metrophilia: Love of the metro rail or subway systems neophilia: Love of the latest novelties and trends oenophilia: Love of wine ornithophilia: Love of birds schediophilia: being attracted to cartoon or animated characters. taphophilia: Love of graves, cemeteries and funerals technophilia: Love of technology turophilia/turophile: Love of cheese / connoisseur of cheese National
Americophile: rarely used, but Americo- is the combining form according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which gives Americomania, Americophobia as examples. Anglophile: a non-English person who is extremely fond of all things English. Antonym: Anglophobe Cymrophile: a fan of Welsh culture (alternative: Cambrophile). Antonym: Cymrophobe Francophile, a fan of French culture. Antonym: Francophobe Europhile: a person who wants to increase cooperation between governments within the European Union. Antonym: Eurosceptic Germanophile or teutophile, a fan of German culture. Antonym: Germanophobe or teutophobia Hellenophile, a fan of Greek culture Hibernophile: a lover of Ireland or Irish culture. Indophile, a fan of India Islamophile, a fan of Islam and Islamic culture Japanophile: a non-Japanese person with a strong interest in Japan or Japanese culture. Antonym: Japanophobe. Lusophile: a fan of Portugal or Portuguese things. Antonym: Lusophobe
Russophilia: love of Russia and/or Russians. Antonym: Russophobe. Pakophile, a fan of Pakistan Semitophile, love of Jews and Judaism. Antonym: Anti-semitism Sinophile: a non-Chinese person with a strong interest in China or Chinese culture. Antonym: Sinophobe Suecophile (alternative spelling: svecophile), a fan of Sweden, Swedish culture or the Swedish language, cf Svecoman movement of Finland Turkophile, a fan of Turkish culture. Antonym: Turkophobia Other
biophilia hypothesis haemophilia: A disease relating to blood clotting See List of paraphilias retrophilia: Love of things of the past theophilia: Love of a god

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