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xenophily

xenophily is the alternative form of xenophilia.

Meaning of xenophilia

Noun

xenophilia (uncountable)

  1. An attraction to or love of foreign people, manners or culture.
  2. Love (especially sexual love) between humans and extraterrestrials.
    • While it may appear that Sturgeon has thus become an advocate of homoeroticism, incest, xenophilia, and other exotic or decadent sexual practices, he remains committed rather to the ideals of understanding and tolerance.1983, Frank Northen Magill, Survey of modern fantasy literature, Volume 4, Salem Press, →ISBN, page 1707

Questions about xenophily

What is xenophily the alternative form of?
Xenophily is the alternative form of xenophilia.

Words near xenophily in the dictionary

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

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