Xenophilia

Xenophilia or xenophily is the love for, attraction to, or appreciation of foreign people, manners, customs, or cultures. It is the antonym of xenophobia or xenophoby. The word is a modern coinage from the Greek "xenos" () (stranger, unknown, foreign) and "philia" () (love, attraction), though the word itself is not found in classical Greek.Henry Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Jones, and Roderick McKenzie. A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. pp. 1189, 1939.

In biology 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.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. 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.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"

In culture and politics 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. It may also be area-specific, such as led the Romans to believe that Greeks were better than Romans at music, art and philosophy, though evidently not better in military matters.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'."

National or ethnic xenophilias Anglophile: a non-English person who is extremely fond of all things English. Antonym: Anglophobe Australophile: a fan of Australian culture Austrophile: a fan of Austrian culture Canadaphile: a fan of Canadian culture. Antonym: Canadaphobe Europhile: a person who wants to increase cooperation between governments within the European Union. Fennophile: a fan of Finnish culture Francophile or Gallophile: a fan of French culture. Antonym: Francophobe Germanophile or Teutophile: a fan of German culture. Antonyms: Germanophobe and teutophobia Hellenophile: a fan of Greek culture (i.e. someone prone to philhellenism) Hibernophile: a lover of Ireland or Irish culture Indophile: a fan of India Italophile: a fan of Italy. Antonym: Italophobia Japanophile: a non-Japanese person with a strong interest in Japan or Japanese culture. Antonym: Japanophobe Judeophile: a lover of Jews or Jewish culture. Antonyms: Judeophobe and antisemite Kartvelophile: an interest for Georgian culture Negrophilia: a term used in the 1920s and 30s for the interest in Europe for African and African-American culture Persophilia: a fan of Iranian culture Russophilia: love of Russia and Russians. Antonym: Russophobe Galician Russophilia was a pro-Russian movement in Galicia and Lodomeria in the late 19th Century Sinophile: a non-Chinese person with a strong interest in China or Chinese culture. Antonym: Sinophobe Slavophile: a fan of Slavic culture Suecophile: someone with a great interest in the Swedish language and culture Turkophile: a fan of Turkey and Turkish culture

Allophilia

Positive attitudes towards outgroups can be measured with the allophilia scale.

In tourism research In tourism research, xenophilia has been operationalised as tourism xenophilia, defined as an individual’s attraction toward the perceived foreignness of a destination. Drawing on social and evolutionary psychology, a measurement scale for the construct was developed across three studies and found to predict tourist and resident behaviours, including willingness to engage with local people at a destination. In this literature xenophilia is distinguished from consumer affinity, which denotes favourable feelings toward one particular foreign country rather than attraction to foreignness in general.

In religion Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the English Orthodox Chief Rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author, posited that xenophilia is deeply ingrained and central to Judaism.

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