-PHILIA


Meaning of -PHILIA in English

-philia /fɪliə/ BrE AmE suffix [in nouns]

1 . technical a tendency to feel sexually attracted in a way that is not approved of or not normal:

necrophilia (=a sexual attraction to dead bodies)

2 . a love of something:

Francophilia (=a love of French things)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.