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Definition 2024

philia

philia

See also: -philia

English

Noun

philia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural philias)

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

Translations

friendship — see friendship

liking — see liking

psychological disorder

Arabic:
Armenian: ֆիլիա ‎(filia)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嗜好 (zh) ‎(shìhào)，癖好 (zh) ‎(pǐhào)
Czech: filie f
Dutch:
French:
German:

Hindi:
Italian:
Japanese:
Korean:
Portuguese: filia (pt) f
Russian: фили́я f ‎(filíja)
Spanish: filia (es) f
Vietnamese:

Antonyms

(in psychology): phobia

References

OED 2006