Is there a word to describe a feeling of devotion or love to or being a fanatic to a country that is not my own?
Patriotism is the word that describes a love or devotion to a person's own country. I'm looking for a similar word except one that describes this same feeling when it is not your own country you’re feeling this towards but rather another country that is not your own.
Solution 1:
Generally, when one has excessive fondness for a country or culture that is not one's own, one would employ a specific term like any of the following:
- Anglophile - an admirer of Great Britain or England
- Americanophile - an admirer of the United States of America
- Germanophile - an admirer of Germany
- Francophile - an admirer of France
- Sinophile - an admirer of China
- Japanophile - an admirer of Japan
- Swedophile - an admirer of Sweden
- Philhellene - an admirer of Greece
There are many more words formed on analogy with these.
Solution 2:
Xenophilous:
- attracted to that which is foreign, especially to foreign peoples, manners, or cultures.
(AHD)