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Meaning of epistemophilia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. An excessive love of, or striving for, knowledge.
    uncountable
  2. 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.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Français épistémophilie
Italiano epistemofilia

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

episternum episterol epistigmastanol epistilbite Epistle epistle lesson

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