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- noun rare Love of one's own relations, tribe, kind or race.
Etymologies
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Apparently coined by Sir Francis Galton, from Ancient Greek γένος ‘birth, race, kind’ + -philia.
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In this respect patriotism is at least associated with xenophopia or genophilia, if you prefer it that way and militarism.
Balkinization 2007
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