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discophilia

Syllables: dis·co·phi·lia/dɪs.kəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/US/ˌdɪs.koʊˈfɪ.ljə/

discophilia noun: the love of recorded music.

discophilia: the love of recorded music
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Noun

discophilia (uncountable)

  1. The love of recorded music.
    • [C]reated with the help of architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton, Bond International Casino (or, simply, Bond's), which opens next month, promises to be the most memorable attempt at discophilia since Studio 54 opened three years ago.1980, New York, volume 13, New York, N.Y.: New York Magazine Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43
    • A library ladder stood by the record shelves, and nearby was the gramophone, a quality modern instrument housed in a console. It had louvered doors to control the volume and direction of sound, as in a church organ. I was smitten! I know that it was on that afternoon so long ago that I contracted...1993, Giveon Cornfield, Note-Perfect: Thirty Years in Classical Music Recordings, Honolulu, Hi.: Chaminade University Press, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    discophily

Examples of discophilia in a sentence

  • I know that it was on that afternoon so long ago that I contracted incurable discophilia.1993, Giveon Cornfield, Note-Perfect: Thirty Years in Classical Music Recordings, Honolulu, Hi.: Chaminade University Press, →OCLC:
  • One of the pleasures in reading Paul Gilroy, for example, is the revelation of his discophilia.2007 July, Nabeel Zuberi, “Is This the Future?: Black Music and Technology Discourse”, in Science Fiction Studies, volume 34, number 2...

Synonyms of discophilia

  • discophily

Origin of discophilia

From disc + -o- + -philia.

Words that rhyme with discophilia

36 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about discophilia

What does discophilia mean?
Discophilia means the love of recorded music.
How do you use discophilia in a sentence?
I know that it was on that afternoon so long ago that I contracted incurable discophilia.
What part of speech is discophilia?
Discophilia is a noun.
How do you pronounce discophilia?
Discophilia is pronounced /dɪs.kəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/ (UK).

Words near discophilia in the dictionary

  1. discoordination
  2. discopathies
  3. discopathy
  4. discophile
  5. discophiles
  6. discophilia
  7. discophore
  8. discophores
  9. discophorous
  10. discord
  11. Discord kitten

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