Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genophilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
genophil-ia
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Love of one's own relations, tribe, kind or race.

Uncountable

noun

Love of children, or a desire to have children.

Uncountable

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Etymology

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What does genophilia mean?
Love of one's own relations, tribe, kind or race.
Where does genophilia come from?
Apparently coined by Sir Francis Galton, from geno- + -philia.

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