epistemophilia

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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

词源

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge”) + φίλια (phília, “love”).
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