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n. friendship (translating Greek φιλία in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics)

n. liking

n. a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

n. a positive feeling of liking

"As mentioned in the first paragraph of this section, philia seems to be the kind of concern for other persons that is most relevant to friendship, and the word, ˜philia,™ sometimes gets translated as friendship; yet philia is in some ways importantly different from what we ordinarily think of as friendship."

feeling   

fond regard    protectiveness    regard    attachment    soft spot    respect