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xenophilia
ZE-no-fil-ee-uh
noun
love of foreign persons
1970Larry NivenRingworld'So it is,' said Louis. In point of fact, he was hooked. Xenophilia and restlessness and curiosity combined: wherever the puppeteer was going, Louis Wu was going too.1978Poul AndersonThe Avatar...it is a kind of xenophilia, and when a conifict of which they approve (and they approve of most) does erupt, they take the lead in cheering on the warheads and calling for more soldiers to feed the furnace.1979David BrinSundiverDuring breakfast she had sat between Bubbacub and LaRoque, trying to mediate the Earthman's embarrassing Xenophilia with the Library Representative's aloof suspicion.

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