Xenomania
/ˌzɛnəˈmeɪniə/noun
An abnormal attraction to foreigners or foreign things.
Did you know?Xenomania is built from Greek xénos (“foreigner, stranger”) + manía (“madness, frenzy”), and that same manía root gave English words like mania, demoniac, and even manic.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
xénos
“foreigner, stranger, guest”
Ancient Greek
Greek
manía
“madness, frenzy, obsessive passion”
Late 19th Century
English
xenomania
“an excessive liking for foreign things or people”
Modern English
English
xenomania
“an abnormal attraction to foreigners or foreign things”