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XENOMANIA

Definition: XENOMANIA

XENOMANIA

Noun

1. A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, foreign customs, institutions, manners, fashions, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Xenomania \Xen`o*ma"ni*a\, noun. [from Greek expression xe`nos strange English mania.]. (references)


Crosswords: XENOMANIA

Non-English Usage: "XENOMANIA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (xenomania), Spanish (xenomania).

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Modern Translation: XENOMANIA

Language Translations for "XENOMANIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

ксеномания. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξενομανία (slavishness). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

idegenimádat. (various references)

   

Manx

  

goal-vian. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enomaniaxay

   

Portuguese

  

xenomania, paixão por estrangeiro. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

xenomanie. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

страсть ко всему иностранному. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

xenomania. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

пристрасть до всього іноземного. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "XENOMANIA"

Words rhyming with "XENOMANIA" (pronounced 'Xen`o*ma"ni*a'): Acrania, Adansonia, AEgicrania, Ammonia, Anglomania, Anthomania, Arachnida, Arnica, Bibliomania, Bignonia, Britannia, Caledonia, Campania, Catamenia, Cavicornia, Chelonia, Cleptomania, Dalmania, Daphnia, Darlingtonia, Gallomania, gardenia, hemicrania, hernia, Houstonia, insignia, insomnia, kleptomania, Lamellicornia, Lawsonia, Longicornia, Mahonia, mania, Marsdenia, megalomania, Metromania, monomania, Musicomania, Musomania, Naenia, Nenia, Neomenia, nymphomania, OEnomania, Oinomania, Oxyammonia, Paulownia, Petunia, Phyllomania, Planipennia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: XENOMANIA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-n-o-x"

-1 letter: anoxemia.

-2 letters: aeonian.

-3 letters: amnion, anemia, anomie, anoxia, axeman, eonian, meninx, nomina.

-4 letters: amain, amine, amino, amnia, amnio, anima, anime, anion, annex, axiom, axion, axman, axmen, axone, inane, mania, manna, minae, monie, moxie, nomen, oxime, xenia, xenon.

-5 letters: aeon, amen, amia, amie, amin, anna, anoa, anon, axon, exam, exon, main, mana, mane, mano, maxi, mean.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-n-o-x"
 

+2 letters: examination.

 

+3 letters: examinations.

 

+4 letters: examinational, reexamination.

 

+5 letters: reexaminations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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