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Philia

This affix is used for pyschological disorders involving extreme attachment to various substances, circumstances, and individuals, or their body parts. It is not in wide usage as a word by itself, as is its counterpart the phobia. Below are some widely known philias.Insert non-formatted text here pedophilia - sexual attraction to boys hydrophilia - love of use of water in sexual contexts hemophilia - little or no clotting ability necrophilia - love or (sexual?) attraction to the dead bibliophilia - commonly, a bookworm glossophilia - obsession with languages. See constructed languages