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biphilia

biphilia noun: bisexuality.

Noun

biphilia (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Bisexuality.
    • […] from the outset it does not exhibit Gentlemen Prefer Blondes biphilia', of which, as Doty notes, "It's never a matter of the woman choosing either men or each other, but of having both women and men available to them."2012 December 17, Timothy Shary, Millennial Masculinity: Men in Contemporary American Cinema, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, page 186
    • Philia is the propensity to fall in love romantically with members of a particular sex or gender (or both, as in the case of biphilia). The three affectional orientations include opposite-sex, same-sex, and bidirectional.2015 January 1, Ada L. Sinacore, Freda Ginsberg, Canadian Counselling and Counselling Psychology in the 21st Century, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 114

Origin of biphilia

From bi- + -philia.

Words formed from biphilia

Questions about biphilia

What does biphilia mean?
Biphilia means bisexuality.
What part of speech is biphilia?
Biphilia is a noun.

Words near biphilia in the dictionary

  1. biphenylene
  2. biphenylenes
  3. biphenylic
  4. biphenyls
  5. biphetamine
  6. biphilia
  7. biphobe
  8. biphobes
  9. biphobia
  10. biphobic
  11. biphonation

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