Meanings
nounphilia (countable and uncountable, plural philias)
plural philias
- countableuncountablefriendship
- countableuncountableliking
- countablea psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something
Synonyms & antonyms
in psychology
Opposite
nouna positive feeling of liking
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekφιλία
- Ancient Greekφιλία
- Englishphilia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 嗜好, 癖好
- 嗜好 (shìhào)psychological disorder
- 癖好 (pǐhào)psychological disorder
Czech filie
- filiepsychological disorder
Dutch voorliefde
- voorliefdepsychological disorder
French philie
- philiepsychological disorder
German Philie
- Philiepsychological disorder
Japanese 嗜好
- 嗜好 (Shikō)psychological disorder
Portuguese filia
- filiapsychological disorder
Russian фили́я
- фили́я (filíja)psychological disorder
Spanish filia, filia
- filialiking
- filiapsychological disorder
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with philia
ameliaCeciliaCeliadeliaCordeliaOpheliapsychedeliapedophiliaKarelialobeliahaemophilianecrophiliaphaceliacoprophiliajuveniliaklismaphiliaandrophiliaaptophiliaaquaphiliaasphyxiophiliaautoandrogynemorphophiliaautoandrophiliaautogynandromorphophiliaautogynephilia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
philia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philia
MLA
“philia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “philia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philia.
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