ξενολατρία

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Greek

Etymology

From ξενο- (xeno-, xeno-, foreign) +‎ -λατρία (-latría, -latry), from ξένος m (xénos, foreign) and λατρεύω (latreúō, I worship).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kse.no.laˈtɾi.a/
  • with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tiŋ‿ɡze.no.laˈtɾi.a/
  • Hyphenation: ξε‧νο‧λα‧τρί‧α

Noun

ξενολατρία (xenolatríaf (plural ξενολατρίες)

  1. (neologism) worship of foreign civilisations or lifestyle
    • 1975, Nikos Dimou, translated by Nikolaos Bozatzis, Η Δυστυχία του να Είσαι Έλληνας:
      Κάποιος πρέπει να γράψει κάποτε το παράξενο ρομάντζο της ελληνικής ξενολατρίας και ξενοφοβίας
      Kápoios prépei na grápsei kápote to paráxeno romántzo tis ellinikís xenolatrías kai xenofovías
      Somebody has to write at some point the strange romance of Greek xenolatry and xenophobia

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