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What are common philias?

What are common philias?

More from Manisha Singh. Philia can be defined as fondness, likeness, arousal or love towards something as an extreme form. The emotional drive could be so much that it may also become an obsessive or excessive desire to acquire a certain thing or experience.

What are all the phile words?

The word ‘Phile’ comes from ancient Greek word, ‘phileein’ meaning to love. Phile denotes a person who loves or have a fondness for a specified thing….24 PHILES.

  • Ailurophile. A person who likes cats, a cat lover.
  • Astrophile.
  • Autophile.
  • Bibliophile.
  • Ceraunophile.
  • Chionophile.
  • Clinophile.
  • Coimetrophile.

What are some weird philias?

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  • Acrotomophilia. Arousal to amputees.
  • Actirasty. Arousal to the sun’s rays.
  • Agalmatophilia. Arousal to statues.
  • Anasteemaphilia. Arousal to a person of extreme stature, either giant or dwarf.
  • Apotemnophilia. Arousal to oneself as an amputee.
  • Autogynephilia.
  • Autoplushophilia.
  • Chasmophilia.

What are phobias and philias?

As nouns the difference between phobia and philia is that phobia is an irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular while philia is friendship (translating greek” ).

What is the most common Phillia?

Nomophilia – finally, the most common on the list. Perhaps you’re possessed with this philia yourself, right now.

What do you call a lover of sky?

A lover of sky is called an Astrophile.

What is the most rare phobia?

13 of the most unusual phobias

  • Xanthophobia – fear of the colour yellow.
  • Turophobia- fear of cheese.
  • Somniphobia- fear of falling asleep.
  • Coulrophobia – fear of clowns.
  • Hylophobia- fear of trees.
  • Omphalophobia- fear of the navel.
  • Nomophobia- fear of being without mobile phone coverage.

Is Philia in the Bible?

When the Lord called his disciples “friends” (Luke 12:4; John 15:13–15), philia was the word he used. And when James named Abraham the friend of God (James 2:23), he employed the term philia.