philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism +
(Greek: love, loving, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to; strong tendency toward, affinity for; no hate, hatred, dislike, or negative responses)
cartophile, cartophilist
A collector of cigarette cards.
castanophile, castanophilist
A collector of horse chestnuts.
castrophilia, castrophily; castraphilia, castraphily
1. Transvestitism, characterized behaviorally by dressing in garments of the opposite sex.
2. The transsexual from his early years has a strong desire for transformation anatomically into a female.
In some people, the desire is so strong that they seek castration (castrophilia) or prefer suicide to living as a man.
—Psychiatric Dictionary, Seventh Edition, Robert Jean Campbell, M.D.; Oxford University Press, New York, 1996.
catheterophilia
A sexual perversion in which the necessary condition is that a catheter or other foreign body (e.g. swizzle stick, garter snake) be inserted in the urethra.
cemetophile, cemetophilist
A collector of statues or the love of collecting statues.
cerecopephile, cerecophilist
A collector of parian figures (a fine, white marble, or porcelain, found in Paros). Paros is a Greek island in the Cyclades chain.
ceremaskophile, ceremaskophilist
A collector of stirrup cups.
ceremophile, ceremophilist
A collector of compliment slips [a piece of paper printed with the name and address of a company, that is sent with a package instead of a letter].
chalicodophilous, chalicodophile, chalicodophily
In biology, thriving or dwelling on gravel slides.
chalicophilous, chalicophile, chalicophily
In biology, thriving on gravel slides.
chartophile, chartophilist
One who collects maps.
chasmophilous, chasmophile, chasmophily
In biology, thriving or dwelling in rock crevices, chinks, fissures, crannies, and chasms.
checkephile, checkephilist
A collector of door stops.
cheradophilous, cheradophile, cheradophily
In biology, thriving or dwelling on wet sandbars.
chersophilous, chersophile, chersophily
In biology, thriving in dry wasteland habitats.
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Related "love, fondness" units:
agape-;
amat-;
vener-;
venus.
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