Scotophilia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Scoto- +‎ -philia

Noun[edit]

Scotophilia (uncountable)

  1. A love for the Scots or for Scotland.
    • 1998, Andrew Monnickendam, A Hypertextual Approach to Walter Scott's Waverley, page 126:
      As Linda Colley points out, Scotophobia rapidly turns into Scotophilia. The Highlands, instead of producing warriors who threatened the empire, as had happened in 1745, supplies the soldier who will defend and die for it […]
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