Epistemophilia
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Epistemophilia is a noun meaning An excessive love of, or striving for, knowledge.
Meaning
An excessive love of, or striving for, knowledge.
More Meanings
- (Psychoanalysis) 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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include epistemologist, epistemology, philomathy, encyclopedism, epistemics, acquisitiveness.
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