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Biophilia vs Biophilic - What's the difference?

biophilia | biophilic |

As a noun biophilia

is (obsolete|rare) hypochondria.

As an adjective biophilic is

(biology) of or pertaining to biophilia.

biophilia

English

Noun

(wikipedia biophilia) (-)
  • (obsolete, rare) Hypochondria.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year= 1857 , year_published= , author= John M. Galloway , by= , title= General and Special Therapeutics of Mental Diseases and Psychical Disorders Compiled and Edited According to Homeopathic Principals , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=O4tIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA287 , original= , chapter= , section= , isbn= , edition= 3rd , publisher= Henry Turner , location= Manchester , editor= , volume= 3 , page= 287 , passage= HYPOCHONDRIASIS, SOLICITUDE ABOUT THE HEALTH, HYPOCHONDRIA. Melancholia. Hypochondriaca. Biophilia . ยง63. 1. Descriptions of the disease. }}
  • (psychology) The biological drive to preserve oneself; love of life.
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    • , year= 1892 , year_published= , author= , by= , title= A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and Synonyms of the Terms Used in Medical Psychology with the Symptoms, Treatment, and Pathology of Insanity and the Law of Lunacy in Great Britain and Ireland , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=uYLclT40VIUC&pg=PA135 , original= , chapter= , section= , isbn= , edition= , publisher= J. & A. Churchill , location= London , editor= (Daniel Hack Tuke) , volume= 1 , page= 135 , passage= Biophilia (????, life; ?????, love). The instinct of self-preservation common to man and the lower animals. }}
  • The love of or empathy with nature and all living things.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year= 1979 , year_published= , author= E. O. Wilson , by= , title= New York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art , url= http://books.google.com/books?ei=7yamUZ7HHZet4APilIAo&id=PaIPAQAAMAAJ&dq=natural+pleasure , original= , chapter= , section= , isbn= , edition= , publisher= , location= , editor= , volume= 84 , page= xxxii , passage= Our deepest needs stem from ancient and still poorly understood biological adaptations. Among them is biophilia : the rich, natural pleasure that comes from being surrounded by living organisms, not just other human beings but a diversity of ... }}

    biophilic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Of or pertaining to biophilia.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year= 1932 , year_published= , author= (Ronald Campbell Macfie) , by= , title= The faiths and heresies of a poet and scientist , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=ouUOAAAAQAAJ&q=%22biophilic+elements%22 , original= , chapter= , section= , isbn= , edition= , publisher= Williams & Norgate , location= , editor= , volume= , page= 37 , passage= And even if we accept the possible explanation that, at the time life appeared, there were in existence biophilic elements now defunct, or vitalising rays no longer radiant, even then, we are met by the facts (i) that even in the lowest organisms there is extraordinary }}
  • (physics, of universal physical constants) Whose values are critical to the evolution of life in the universe.