Meanings
- uncountableAn interest in and/or appreciation for video, particularly home media with high picture quality.
With a diameter of about 5 feet and the aesthetic appeal of a radar aerial, the home satellite aerial is nevertheless the ultimate symbol of videophilia.
1989, Jonathan Miller, "Shopping: The flat screen society", The Times, 17 January 1987 - uncountableAn inactive lifestyle characterized by activities that involve spending time in front of a screen, such as television, video games, and the Internet.
We are spending less time in parks, less time camping and hiking, and less time in unstructured outdoor play because videophilia is replacing biophilia.
2012, Nancy Sleeth, Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life, Tyndale, →ISBN, page 78Synonyms: bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker, do-naught, do-nothing, dosser
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn inactive lifestyle characterized by activities that involve spending time in front of a screen, such as television, video games, and the Internet.
Origin
Cite this entry
videophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videophilia
“videophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videophilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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