Definitions

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  • noun The love of maps.
  • noun The love of cigarette cards, trade cards, post cards, etc.

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Examples

  • These uneven accounts—some amusing, others yawn-inducing—are linked by the recurring theme of map obsession, or "cartophilia," as Mr. Jennings calls it.

    Lost in a Good Atlas John J. Miller 2011

  • I know not all of you share my cartophilia, but you have to admit these are pretty cool.

    4/22/03 Columbia County, NY And in 2003

  • I know not all of you share my cartophilia, but you have to admit these are pretty cool.

    4/30/03 Brooklyn, NY I'm so 2003

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