Associations to the word «Philia»

Wiktionary

PHILIA, noun. Friendship (translating Greek φιλία in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics)
PHILIA, noun. Liking
PHILIA, noun. (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

Dictionary definition

PHILIA, noun. A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King