-philiasuff.1. Tendency toward: hemophilia.2. Attraction to or preference for: Anglophilia.3. Abnormal attraction to: necrophilia.[New Latin, from Greek -phili? : -philos, -phile + -i?, -ia.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-philia n combining form 1. indicating a tendency towards: haemophilia. 2. indicating an abnormal liking for: necrophilia. [from Greek philos loving] -philiac n combining formCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-philia or -phily a combining form occurring in abstract nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -philic or -philous or nouns ending in -phile. [