Meaning of spanophilia | Babel Free

Definitions

Love of the rare.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“The species of insects which feed⟳ on, and therefore cause some degree of harm⟳ to, trees are, of course, legion and give⟳ ample scope to the spanophilia of enthusiastic forest entomologists.”

“[T]he best way to do so is to avoid⟳ the seven deadly clinical sins defined by Richard Asher: obscurity, cruelty, bad manners, over-specialisation, spanophilia (love⟳ of the rare), stupidity, and sloth.”

“They adored diagnosis, many suffered from spanophilia and most had little interest⟳ in time-consuming treatments.”

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