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philoxeny

philoxeny noun: a love of foreigners or strangers.

Noun

philoxeny (uncountable)

  1. A love of foreigners or strangers.

Antonyms of philoxeny

Origin of philoxeny

From philo- + -xeny.

Questions about philoxeny

What does philoxeny mean?
Philoxeny means a love of foreigners or strangers.
What part of speech is philoxeny?
Philoxeny is a noun.

Words near philoxeny in the dictionary

  1. philotherms
  2. philotimia
  3. philoxenia
  4. Philoxenian
  5. philoxenic
  6. philoxeny
  7. philozoic
  8. philozoist
  9. philozoists
  10. Philp
  11. Philpin

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