It is one kind of love refered to in The Bible.
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The love of dogs is referred to as Canophilia. From Canus + Philia. http://www.allwords.com/word-canophilia.html
-philia is a suffix that indicates a strong affinity or love for something. For example, in the term "hemophilia," it refers to a genetic disorder characterized by a deficiency in blood clotting proteins.
one is the love of people and the other is god love
An ecophiliac is a person who loves nature. Eco = Nature & Philia = Love.
AnswerThe Greek language has different words for different types of love, including agape (unconditional love) and philia(brotherly love). The most important biblical passage that mentions philiais in John's Gospel. Here, Jesus implied that the other disciples gave him unconditional love when he asked Peter, "Do you love (agape) me more than these (the other disciples)?" Each time, Peter answered that he loved Jesus, but each time he was only able to offer brotherly love (philia).
Alektorophilia Alektorophobia is the fear of chickens. The suffix -philia is used to form words meaning "an abnormal liking for or tendency towards a given thing". I suggest Alektorophilia is the word for love of chickens. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-philia
philia means 'has an affinity for'
The term "necrophiliac" originates from the two Greek words "nekros" and "philia". "Nekros" is the Greek word for "dead" and "philia" is the Greek word for "love".
Philosophy (love of wisdom) Philadelphia (brotherly love) Philologist (word-lover) Phillip (lover of horses)
Melophilia. philia means "love" phobia means "hate"
it's usually: -philia, but can also be -phil, -phile or -philic example: pyrophobia = fear of fire pyrophilia = love of fire
No, -philia means attraction. -phobia means fear.