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CAPACITY FOR LOVE: A look at love, affection, and sex and all that is wrapped up in relationships.
​WordMap: Love and Romance ​A ​SUFFIX LOVE SONG
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SECRETS OF THE HEART

Defining and Understanding the Meaning of Attraction, Lust, Affection, Love, Sex
​Love. We think about it, sing about it, dream about it, worry about it. When we don’t have it, we search for it; when we discover it, we don’t know what to do with it; and when we have it, we fear losing it. How to define it? Do we understand it?
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THE PHILE WORDS
​Love and Affection

A SUFFIX LOVE SONG
The Phile Words - Defining Affection
The Mania Words - Defining Obsession
The Phobia Words - Defining Dislike
The suffix -phile comes from the Greek philos, which means to love. Words that end with (-phile) refer to someone or something that loves or has a fondness of, attraction to, or affection for something. It also means to have a tendency toward something. Related terms include (-philic),(-philia),and (-philo).

​Phil- (Philo-) may also be used as a prefix with similar meaning. Philia (φιλία) as an ancient Greek word refers to brotherly love, including friendship and affection. The suffix "philic" describes the property of being attracted to something. The less common suffix "-phily" is synonymous with"-philia".

SO WHAT DO PEOPLE LOVE?
AEROPHILE - lover of flying

AILUROPHOLE - lover of cats

ANGLOPHILE - lover of all things British

ARACHNAPHILE - lover of spiders

ARCTOPHILE - lover of teddy bear

ASTROPHILE - lover of the stars and the moon

AUTOPHILE - lover of being alone

BIBLIOPHILE - lover of books

CERAUNOPHILE - lover of lighting and thunder

CHIONOPHILE - lover of cold weather and snow

CHRYSOPHILE - lover of gold

CINEPHILE - lover of films and movies

CLINOPHILE - lover of laying in bed

CLAUSTROPHILE - lover of closed spaces

COIMETROPHILE - lover of cemeteries

CONSPIROPHILE - lover of conspiracies

COULROPHILE - lover of clowns

CYNOPHILE - lover of dogs

Dendrophile - lover of trees and forests

DINOPHILE - lover of dinosaurs

DISCOPHILE - lover of record albums

EGOPHILE - lover of oneself

ERGOPHILE - lover of being productive

FRANCOPHILE - lover of France

GYNOPHILE - lover of women

HELIOPHILE - lover of the sun

HIPPOPHILE - lover of horses

ICONPHILE - lover of icons and pictures

JAZZOPHILE - lover of Jazz

LACTOPHILE - lover of milk

LEXOPHILE - lover of words and word puzzles like anagrams and palindromes

LEXICONOPHILE - lover of dictionaries

LIMNOPHILE - lover of lakes

LOGOPHILE- lover of words

LONDONPHILE - lover of London

MELOPHILE - lover of music

MUSEOPHILE - lover of museums

NYCTOPHILE - lover of night and darkness

OENOPHILE - lover of wine

OPHIOPHILE - a lover of snakes

OSTREAPHILE - lover of oysters for food

PERISTEROPHILE - lover of birds

PLUSHOPHILE - lover of stuffed animals or plushies

PHOTOPHILE - lover of light

PISTORIOPHILE - lover of baked goods

POGONOPHILE - lover of beards

POTTERPHILE - lover of Harry Potter

PLUVIOPHILE - lover of rain

PYROPHILE - lover of fire

RAPOPHILE - lover of rap music

RETROPHILE - lover of the old or past objects

ROBOPHILE -lover of robotics

SAPIOPHILE - lover of intelligence

SELENOPHILE - lover of the moon

SINISTROPHILE - lover of the left side

STEGOPHILE - lover of climbing buildings

STIGMATOPHILE - lover of tattoos and piercings

TECHNOPHILE - lover of technology

THALASSOPHILE - lover of the sea, oceans

TRICHOPHILIA - lover of human hair

TUROPHILE - lover of cheese

XANTHOPHILE - lover of the color yellow

ZOOPHILES - lover of animals​

CAPACITY FOR LOVE: A look at love, affection, and sex and all that is wrapped up in relationships.
​WordMap: Love and Romance
 ​A SUFFIX LOVE SONG​
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