ethnophile

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ethno- +‎ -phile

Noun[edit]

ethnophile (plural ethnophiles)

  1. A person who exhibits an unusual obsession with ethnicity or race.
    • 2005, Mita Banerjee, Race-ing the Century, page 183:
      I would suggest that the narrative sets up an opposition between what is portrayed as a majority of racist Europeans uncritical of the flaws of their own civilization and the ethnophile Max who is highly aware of the shortcomings of Western societies.