Meanings
- uncountableThe love of recorded music.
That insight extends to other musical forms and styles in the age of recording. One of the pleasures in reading Paul Gilroy, for example, is the revelation of his discophilia.
2007 July, Nabeel Zuberi, “Is This the Future?: Black Music and Technology Discourse”, in Science Fiction Studies, volume 34, number 2, Terre Haute, Ind.: Department of English, Indiana State University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2882 more examples
[C]reated with the help of architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton, Bond International Casino (or, simply, Bond's), which opens next month, promises to be the most memorable attempt at discophilia since Studio 54 opened three years ago.
1980, New York, volume 13, New York, N.Y.: New York Magazine Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43A library ladder stood by the record shelves, and nearby was the gramophone, a quality modern instrument housed in a console. It had louvered doors to control the volume and direction of sound, as in a church organ. I was smitten! I know that it was on that afternoon so long ago that I contracted incurable discophilia.
1993, Giveon Cornfield, Note-Perfect: Thirty Years in Classical Music Recordings, Honolulu, Hi.: Chaminade University Press, →OCLCSynonyms: discophily
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe love of recorded music.
Origin
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Rhymes with discophilia
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discophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discophilia
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