oikophobia


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Related to oikophobia: domatophobia

ecophobia, oecophobia, oikophobia

1. an abnormal fear of home surround-ings.
2. an aversion to home life.
See also: Houses
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Accordingly, a crucial feature of leftist thinking in North America and Europe is "oikophobia," philosopher Roger Scruton's term for a consuming aversion to the near and familiar in favor of the exotic.
Scru-ton's concepts of oikophobia and oikophilia, which have entered the conservative lexicon, play a prominent role in his analysis.
Oikophilia is an ugly word--although of course it stems from the same Hellenic root as ecology--and so is its equally uneuphonious alleged opposite, oikophobia. But one can see why Scruton wishes to fashion a new vocabulary.