philia

one of four ancient Greek concepts of love; affection; the opposite of a phobia
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philia

Summary

philia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,328 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • philia is a type of affection[2].
  • philia is a type of behavioral trait[3].
  • philia is the opposite of phobia[4].
  • philia comprises sexual norm[5].
  • philia comprises paraphilia[6].
  • philia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Philias[7].
  • philia's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[8].
  • philia's name in kana is recorded as ピリア[9].
  • philia's has list is recorded as list of philias[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include affection[2] and behavioral trait[3]. philia is the opposite of phobia[4].

Use and Application

Components include sexual norm[5] and paraphilia[6], a class of disease[11].

Influence

Things named for philia include hebephilia[12], a sexual preference[13]; gynandromorphophilia[14], a sexual preference[15]; and infantophilia[16], a sexual preference[17].

Why It Matters

philia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,328 views/month).[1] philia has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] philia is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for philia include hebephilia[12], a sexual preference[13]; gynandromorphophilia[14], a sexual preference[15]; and infantophilia[16], a sexual preference[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of philias
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → affection, behavioral trait
    Topic's main category → Category:Philias
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q1138524]], Add reference to a lexicon article."
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