Why “ochlophilia” is a great word
OCHLOPHILIA — [Noun] A specific love of, or attraction to, crowds or densely packed places. From the Greek ochlo- (from "ochlos", meaning "crowd" or "mob") and -philia (from Greek "philos", meaning "loving" or "fondness for"). Unlike agoraphilia, which denotes a love of open or public vistas irrespective of occupancy, or demophilia, which suggests a political fondness for the populace as an abstraction, ochlophilia is the somatic craving for the dense, anonymous press of humanity itself. It is the electrical prickle of anonymity in a packed metro carriage, the warm, communal breath of a festival throng moving as one organism, and the oceanic roar of a stadium at full pitch—a solitary solace found only in the deliberate surrender to the collective pulse.