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Xenophilia or xenophily is the love for, attraction to, or appreciation of foreign people, manners, customs, or cultures.[1] It is the antonym of xenophobia or xenophoby. The word is a modern coinage from the Greek "xenos" (ξένος) (stranger, unknown, foreign) and "philia" (φιλία) (love, attraction), though the word itself is not found in classical Greek.[2] In science fiction it can also mean attraction to aliens.
In biology xenophily includes, for example, the acceptance by an insect of an introduced foreign plant closely related to the normal host. Xenophily is distinguished from xenophagy (or allotrophy), and is less common than xenophoby.[3] Early 20th-century entomologists incorrectly concluded that the evolution of the glandular terminal disk was a function of xenophily, following its discovery in myrmecophilous larvae.[4]
In cultureedit
Cultural appreciation refers to attraction or admiration towards one or more cultures which are not one's own. Individual examples are usually suffixed with -philia, from the Ancient Greek word philia (φιλία), "love, affection". Cultural xenophilia according to some sources can be connected with cultural cringe.[5] It may also be area-specific, such as led the Romans to believe that Greeks were better than Romans at music, art and philosophy, but evidently not better at military matters.[6] In the book and movie series “Harry Potter” an extravagant character, is named Xenophilius Lovegood.
So likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions; by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained, and by exciting jealousy, ill-will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld. And it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation), facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding, with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public councils. Such an attachment of a small or weak towards a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.[7]
^Flusty, Steven (2004). De-Coca-colonization: Making the Globe from the Inside Out. New York, London: Routledge. p. 208. ISBN9780415945387.
^Henry Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Jones, and Roderick McKenzie. A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. pp. 1189, 1939.
^Pierre Jolivet Insects and plants: parallel evolution and adaptations (1986), p. 33: "(b) Examples of Xenophily. Conversely, xenophily is the acceptance by an insect of an introduced foreign plant closely related to the normal host. Xenophily, very different from xenophagy (allotrophy), is less common than xeno-phoby.
^Tropical zoology (2001), vol. 14, p. 169, Centro di studio per la faunistica ed ecologia tropicali, Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche (Italy). "Earlier authors believed that the evolution of the glandular terminal disk was related to xenophily, probably because of its discovery in myrmecophilous larvae (Boving 1907; Brauns 1914"
^Burke, Peter (2005). History And Social Theory. Polity. p. 85.
^John Gray Landels Music in ancient Greece and Rome (1999), p. 199: "... it was a kind of xenophilia, which led Romans to believe that foreigners (especially Greeks) were 'better at that sort of thing than we are'."
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Look up xenophilia in Wiktionary the free dictionary Xenophilia or xenophily is the love for attraction to or appreciation of foreign people manners customs or cultures 1 It is the antonym of xenophobia or xenophoby The word is a modern coinage from the Greek xenos 3enos stranger unknown foreign and philia filia love attraction though the word itself is not found in classical Greek 2 In science fiction it can also mean attraction to aliens Contents 1 In biology 2 In culture 3 In politics and history 4 See also 5 ReferencesIn biology editIn biology xenophily includes for example the acceptance by an insect of an introduced foreign plant closely related to the normal host Xenophily is distinguished from xenophagy or allotrophy and is less common than xenophoby 3 Early 20th century entomologists incorrectly concluded that the evolution of the glandular terminal disk was a function of xenophily following its discovery in myrmecophilous larvae 4 In culture editCultural appreciation refers to attraction or admiration towards one or more cultures which are not one s own Individual examples are usually suffixed with philia from the Ancient Greek word philia filia love affection Cultural xenophilia according to some sources can be connected with cultural cringe 5 It may also be area specific such as led the Romans to believe that Greeks were better than Romans at music art and philosophy but evidently not better at military matters 6 In the book and movie series Harry Potter an extravagant character is named Xenophilius Lovegood In politics and history editGeorge Washington in his 1796 Farewell Address described having allegiance to more than one nation as negative So likewise a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils Sympathy for the favorite nation facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists and infusing into one the enmities of the other betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained and by exciting jealousy ill will and a disposition to retaliate in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld And it gives to ambitious corrupted or deluded citizens who devote themselves to the favorite nation facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium sometimes even with popularity gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation a commendable deference for public opinion or a laudable zeal for public good the base or foolish compliances of ambition corruption or infatuation As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions to practice the arts of seduction to mislead public opinion to influence or awe the public councils Such an attachment of a small or weak towards a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter 7 See also editAllophilia Allosemitism Colonial mentality Cultural appropriation Exoticism Intercultural competence Mongrel complex Negrophilia Neophile Oikophobia Racial fetishism XenocentrismReferences edit Flusty Steven 2004 De Coca colonization Making the Globe from the Inside Out New York London Routledge p 208 ISBN 9780415945387 Henry Liddell Robert Scott Henry Jones and Roderick McKenzie A Greek English Lexicon Oxford Clarendon Press 1996 pp 1189 1939 Pierre Jolivet Insects and plants parallel evolution and adaptations 1986 p 33 b Examples of Xenophily Conversely xenophily is the acceptance by an insect of an introduced foreign plant closely related to the normal host Xenophily very different from xenophagy allotrophy is less common than xeno phoby Tropical zoology 2001 vol 14 p 169 Centro di studio per la faunistica ed ecologia tropicali Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche Italy Earlier authors believed that the evolution of the glandular terminal disk was related to xenophily probably because of its discovery in myrmecophilous larvae Boving 1907 Brauns 1914 Burke Peter 2005 History And Social Theory Polity p 85 John Gray Landels Music in ancient Greece and Rome 1999 p 199 it was a kind of xenophilia which led Romans to believe that foreigners especially Greeks were better at that sort of thing than we are Wikisource Washington s Farewell Address Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Xenophilia amp oldid 1189046436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
