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noun
A sexual attraction to general imagery of people in water, sexual acts in water, or watery environments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hydrophilia
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A compulsive desire for water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Synonyms: hydrophilia, luneurosis, thirst
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The biological and societal attraction to water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, human-sciences, natural-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hydrophilia
Antonyms: none provided
History
From aqua- + -philia, from Latin aqua (“water”) + Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love, affection”). Literally: “love of water”.
