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::::(a) it's not Latin, it's Greek. (b) in the Greek idiom, there is not a duality of polar opposites, it is a triality, philia, phobia, and phagia -- attraction, repulsion, and consumption. Here's another contrasting idiom, epipheral, ephemeral, and etherial -- what is comprehensible to the naked eye within the horizon, what is known of only momentary significance (which carries a rather sexist idea that it is 'feminine'), and what is known but not visible or something over the horizon. In a later sense and Latinized sense, etherial also becomes something "up in the air," for example, Christ will return in the ether.
::::(a) it's not Latin, it's Greek. (b) in the Greek idiom, there is not a duality of polar opposites, it is a triality, philia, phobia, and phagia -- attraction, repulsion, and consumption. Here's another contrasting idiom, epipheral, ephemeral, and etherial -- what is comprehensible to the naked eye within the horizon, what is known of only momentary significance (which carries a rather sexist idea that it is 'feminine'), and what is known but not visible or something over the horizon. In a later sense and Latinized sense, etherial also becomes something "up in the air," for example, Christ will return in the ether.
::::Soooo, you seem to be applying modern understanding and modern idioms to ancient inscriptions, a rather common occurance. [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:55, 2 November 2007 (EDT)
::::Soooo, you seem to be applying modern understanding and modern idioms to ancient inscriptions, a rather common occurance. [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:55, 2 November 2007 (EDT)
:::::I'm not talking about dualities in Greek, the words are "opposite" when used in English, since "attraction" is basically the opposite of "repulsion", which confirms the original post (It (homophilia) is technichally and mechanically the opposite of "Homophobia."). I don't try to pretend to be able to discuss "ancient inscriptions", what I know is what the word is used for today, and why. In the media and the gay community, the word "homophilia" ''is'' used as a synonym for "homosexuality", although in a more pejorative sense, alluding to the word "paraphilia". That's what matters in this context.
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