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noun
An excessive love of, or striving for, knowledge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
As used by psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, epistemophilia—or, as she framed it, the "epistemophilic instinct"—is the wish to know, and is rooted in libido. Such instinct results from Oedipal conflicts in the child psyche.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: Psychoanalysis
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History
From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge”) + φίλια (phília, “love”).
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