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  • Dingaling@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    I’m pretty sure “zoophilia” is more about being into animals rather than actual sex with them

    I wasn’t sure about this, due to the common link with sexuality - but it looks like - at a semantic level - you’re right.

    From the original Greek via Aristotle;

    philia is commonly translated as friendship or affection. Its conceptual opposite is phobia

    Continued today with Bibliophilia, Dendrophilia, Thalassophilia etc (Books, trees, the sea) - all non-sexual, and there are hundreds of other examples “used in everyday language to describe completely normal, passionate hobbies and aesthetic appreciation”