Referring to someone who has a need for a belief or beliefs, and is uncritical about which or what they might be. You might find it useful when you encounter 'new age' types who are into crystals, feng shui, tarot cards, astrology: anything so long as it sustains belief.
To feel the need to believe in things just for the sake of believing, and be utterly unconcerned with any evidence for and against. The root of all religion.
To feel the need to believe in things just for the sake of believing, and be utterly unconcerned with any evidence for and against. The root of all religion.
Mary: I went to a tarot card reader earlier and she told me I would be in good fortune this week, and my astrology chart says it too. So I'm going to bet my house on the Grand National.
Tom: You like believing things, don't you?
Mary: Yes, I've got credophilia
Tom: You like believing things, don't you?
Mary: Yes, I've got credophilia
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Literally "belief lover".
As for the previous poster, you fool that's not what credophile means. Credophile is an awesome term coined originally by the writer L. Sprague de Camp, in a letter to James Randi.
It's a label for those who appear particularly gullible and are particularly inclined to believe whatever claims come their way. (See Scientologist).
As for the previous poster, you fool that's not what credophile means. Credophile is an awesome term coined originally by the writer L. Sprague de Camp, in a letter to James Randi.
It's a label for those who appear particularly gullible and are particularly inclined to believe whatever claims come their way. (See Scientologist).
To quote de Camp directly,
A credophile gets positive pleasure from belief and pain from doubt... The credophile collects beliefs the way a jackdaw does nest ornaments: not for utility but for glitter. And, once having embraced a belief, it takes something more than mere disproof to make him let go.
A credophile gets positive pleasure from belief and pain from doubt... The credophile collects beliefs the way a jackdaw does nest ornaments: not for utility but for glitter. And, once having embraced a belief, it takes something more than mere disproof to make him let go.
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Ethan looked longingly at the perfectly perserved man in cryostasis. He enjoyed the time they spent together, and their long nights of cryophilia.
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2.Cereophiliac - a person who engages in Cereophilia.
2.Cereophiliac - a person who engages in Cereophilia.
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An organism's sensuous need for cold temperatures.
A bdsm fetish where the fetishist(s) engage in bdsm play related to cold temperature;
"Id est COLD play".
An organism's sensuous need for cold temperatures.
A bdsm fetish where the fetishist(s) engage in bdsm play related to cold temperature;
"Id est COLD play".
I modestly refused to shake their cold hand, out of fear of revealing my cryophilia.
My cryophilia gets me into a lot of trouble in the winter; when the cold air hits me, it sends shivers throughout my body making me feel ecstatic.
The cryophilia I feel on a hot summer day, when I crave an icecream cone, is unbearable.
Cryophilia; the intense sensuous craving I get for cold people, places, and or things.
"That COLD ice, THE SHIVERS it sends THROUGH my body that bring me to such SWEET ecstasy can only mean one thing; I have cryophilia."
My cryophilia gets me into a lot of trouble in the winter; when the cold air hits me, it sends shivers throughout my body making me feel ecstatic.
The cryophilia I feel on a hot summer day, when I crave an icecream cone, is unbearable.
Cryophilia; the intense sensuous craving I get for cold people, places, and or things.
"That COLD ice, THE SHIVERS it sends THROUGH my body that bring me to such SWEET ecstasy can only mean one thing; I have cryophilia."
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