Meanings
- uncountablethe love of teddy bears
It would be a bad day for bears, though, if the contentious instruments of sexism were to surface in the world of arctophilia. Teddy bears are on the whole remarkably androgenous figures, as dressing them in different styles of clothes will demonstrate.
1996, Peter Ford, Teddy Bears, page 13 - uncountablezoophilia with bears
- uncountablethe love of collection of teddy bears (arctophily)
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄρκτος“bear”
- Englisharctophilia
From Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + φιλία (philía, “affection”).
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arctophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arctophilia
“arctophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arctophilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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