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autophilia

autophilia noun: self-love, especially sexual attraction to the self.

Noun

autophilia (uncountable)

  1. Self-love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
  2. Vanity or narcissism.

Origin of autophilia

From auto- + -philia.

Questions about autophilia

What does autophilia mean?
Autophilia means self-love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
What part of speech is autophilia?
Autophilia is a noun.

Words near autophilia in the dictionary

  1. autophagous
  2. autophagy
  3. autophanous
  4. autophile
  5. autophiles
  6. autophilia
  7. autophobia
  8. autophobic
  9. autophobicity
  10. autophoby
  11. autophone

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