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ethnophiles

ethnophiles is the plural of ethnophile.

Meaning of ethnophile

Noun

ethnophile (plural ethnophiles)

  1. A person who exhibits an unusual obsession with ethnicity or race.
    • I would suggest that the narrative sets up an opposition between what is portrayed as a majority of racist Europeans uncritical of the flaws of their own civilization and the ethnophile Max who is highly aware of the shortcomings of Western societies.2005, Mita Banerjee, Race-ing the Century, page 183

Questions about ethnophiles

What is ethnophiles the plural of?
Ethnophiles is the plural of ethnophile.

Words near ethnophiles in the dictionary

  1. ethnopharmacy
  2. ethnophaulic
  3. ethnophaulism
  4. ethnophaulisms
  5. ethnophile
  6. ethnophiles
  7. ethnophilia
  8. ethnophilic
  9. ethnophilosopher
  10. ethnophilosophers
  11. ethnophilosophical

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