Meaning & use
Bibliophilia
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A strong love of books, especially for collecting, reading, or owning them.
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Her bibliophilia filled every room of the house with towering bookshelves.
The rare-book fair draws collectors driven by pure bibliophilia.
A note on using this word
From Greek "biblion" (book) and "philia" (love), paralleling terms like "cinephilia" and "audiophilia."
Words with a similar meaning
book-lovebibliomania
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Words with an opposite meaning
bibliophobia
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