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xenophilous

xenophilous adjective: xenophilic; loving what is foreign.

Adjective

xenophilous (comparative more xenophilous, superlative most xenophilous)

  1. xenophilic; loving what is foreign
    • In September 2000 General Guei, who had inflamed the anti-northern atmosphere by attacking believers in democracy as xenophilous, escaped an assassination attempt.2002, Peter Schwab, Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs, page 33

Forms of xenophilous

comparativemore xenophilous
superlativemost xenophilous

Origin of xenophilous

From xeno- + -philous.

Questions about xenophilous

What does xenophilous mean?
Xenophilous means xenophilic; loving what is foreign.
What part of speech is xenophilous?
Xenophilous is an adjective.

Words near xenophilous in the dictionary

  1. xenophile
  2. xenophiles
  3. xenophilia
  4. xenophilic
  5. xenophilism
  6. xenophilous
  7. xenophily
  8. xenophobe
  9. xenophobes
  10. xenophobia
  11. xenophobiac

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