-philia

-philia
suffix denoting
morbid craving or attraction. Example: nyctophilia (for darkness).

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[Gr. philein to love] a word termination denoting (a) an abnormal craving or attraction or (b) an affinity for an object denoted by the word stem to which it is affixed.

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