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videophilia

videophilia noun: an interest in and/or appreciation for video, particularly home media with high picture quality.

Noun

videophilia (uncountable)

  1. An interest in and/or appreciation for video, particularly home media with high picture quality.
    • With a diameter of about 5 feet and the aesthetic appeal of a radar aerial, the home satellite aerial is nevertheless the ultimate symbol of videophilia.1989, Jonathan Miller, "Shopping: The flat screen society", The Times, 17 January 1987
  2. An inactive lifestyle characterized by activities that involve spending time in front of a screen, such as television, video games, and the Internet.
    • We are spending less time in parks, less time camping and hiking, and less time in unstructured outdoor play because videophilia is replacing biophilia.2012, Nancy Sleeth, Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life, Tyndale, →ISBN, page 78

Synonyms of videophilia

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Origin of videophilia

From video + -philia.

Questions about videophilia

What does videophilia mean?
Videophilia means an interest in and/or appreciation for video, particularly home media with high picture quality.
What part of speech is videophilia?
Videophilia is a noun.

Words near videophilia in the dictionary

  1. videonystagmographic
  2. videonystagmography
  3. videooculography
  4. videophile
  5. videophiles
  6. videophilia
  7. videophobia
  8. videophone
  9. videophones
  10. videophonic
  11. videophony

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