单词 | biophilia |
释义 | biophilia[ bahy-oh-fil-ee-uh, ‐feel-yuh ] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈfɪl i ə, ‐ˈfil yə / nouna love of life and the living world; the affinity of human beings for other life forms. Origin of biophilia1960–65; from New Latin: literally, “love of life” from bio- + -philia; coined by Erich Fromm in The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil (1964) to mean “love for humanity and nature, and independence and freedom”; extended by Edward O. Wilson in Biophilia (1984) to mean “the rich, natural pleasure that comes from being surrounded by living organisms.” Words nearby biophiliabioorganic, bio-organism, biopesticide, biopharmaceutical, biopharmaceutics, biophilia, biophysics, biopic, biopiracy, bioplasm, bioplastic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for biophiliabiophilia / (ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə) / nounan innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind Word Origin for biophiliaC20: bio + -philia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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