xenomania means A strong or excessive preference for foreigners or for foreign customs, manners, or institutions. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “xenomania” is a great word
Xenomania is an excessive, often obsessive admiration for everything foreign, from customs and institutions to manners and artifacts. From the Ancient Greek xeno- ("foreign, strange") + -mania ("madness, frenzy, excessive enthusiasm"), the word was first attested in English in 1879, used by K. Hillebrand. Unlike xenophobia, which recoils in fear and hatred, or the milder xenophilia, which suggests a general fondness, xenomania denotes an immoderate, uncritical ardor. It is the collector who values only the imported curio, the traveler who despises every local tradition in favor of the distant, and the quiet disdain for the local vineyard in favor of a fashionable but poorly understood import—a restless, inverted provincialism that confesses a profound dissatisfaction with home.
Etymology
From xeno- + -mania. The components are of Ancient Greek origin. When used in the context of Greece, the word is likely borrowed from modern Greek ξενομανία (xenomanía).
noun
- A strong or excessive preference for foreigners or for foreign customs, manners, or institutions.