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philautic

philautic adjective: of or pertaining to philauty.

Adjective

philautic (comparative more philautic, superlative most philautic)

  1. Of or pertaining to philauty.
    • Although it is anticipating somewhat, I consider that point of view which inclines, with Weininger, to describe this attitude as philautic, or, with other writers, as autoerotic, egocentric, subjective, or egoistic, to be both misleading in principle and definitely depreciatory.1921, Carl Jung, Psychologishe Typen

Forms of philautic

comparativemore philautic
superlativemost philautic

Questions about philautic

What does philautic mean?
Philautic means of or pertaining to philauty.
What part of speech is philautic?
Philautic is an adjective.

Words near philautic in the dictionary

  1. Philatheans
  2. philathletic
  3. philatories
  4. philatory
  5. philautia
  6. philautic
  7. philauty
  8. Philbeck
  9. Philbecks
  10. Philbert
  11. Philberts

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