Bibliophilia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The love of books. uncountable
  2. 2
    Love for or fascination with the Bible. rare, uncountable

    "Perhaps his love for the Hebrew Bible prepared him for such finely tuned philanthropy. Or maybe his bibliophilia has consequences for anthropology."

  3. 3
    A pathological attraction to books, especially sexual attraction or intercourse. uncountable

Synonyms

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bibliophilismbibliophilybibliophilybookaholism

Example

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"Perhaps his love for the Hebrew Bible prepared him for such finely tuned philanthropy. Or maybe his bibliophilia has consequences for anthropology."

Etymology

From biblio- + -philia.

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