Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person attracted to that which is foreign, especially to foreign peoples, manners, or cultures.
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- noun A person infatuated with foreign people and culture.
- noun A person very interested in celebrating people's differences.
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Examples
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The vegetation consists of xenophile forests mixed with palm savannas.
Humid Chaco 2008
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"You need a girl who's a xenophile, not a xenophobe."
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Even though they looked almost human, the Nevisians would no doubt have plenty of fascinating differences to intrigue a xenophile like Uhura.
Mudd in Your Eye Jerry Oltion 1990
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Even though they looked almost human, the Nevisians would no doubt have plenty of fascinating differences to intrigue a xenophile like Uhura.
Mudd in Your Eye Jerry Oltion 1990
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Even though they looked almost human, the Nevisians would no doubt have plenty of fascinating differences to intrigue a xenophile like Uhura.
Mudd in Your Eye Jerry Oltion 1990
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They were implied to be perverted xenophile lovers, out to sabotage humanity's genetic purity through genetic admixture.
unknown title 2009
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They were implied to be perverted xenophile lovers, out to sabotage humanity's genetic purity through genetic admixture.
unknown title 2009
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Ethan Zuckerman writes a great piece about how Paul Simon's Graceland album came to be, with some of the historical context, backstory and being a xenophile.
Pitos Blog» Pito Salas blogs about technology, life and everything 2009
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As a confirmed xenophile, my inner adolescent wants to say, “What’s the point?”
Archive 2008-01-01 James Killus 2008
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As a confirmed xenophile, my inner adolescent wants to say, “What’s the point?”
Hefner James Killus 2008
kewpid commented on the word xenophile
Better than a xenophobe
September 18, 2007
immerbeta commented on the word xenophile
"Xenophiles are people who are fascinated by the whole world, by things other than their ordinary experience. They’re people who want to connect with people who see the world very differently."
Ethan Zuckermann, founder of Geekcorps and Global Voices Online
September 29, 2008