Indomania

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noun

Enthusiasm for India or its people or culture.

Opposite
Indophobia
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Meanings

nounIndomania (uncountable)
  1. uncountableEnthusiasm for India or its people or culture.

    During the Indomania period, many prominent Englishmen took Indian wives, but such was no longer encouraged.

    2013, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Gender in South Asia: Social Imagination and Constructed Realities
    1 more example

    This Indophilism of the British administrators and scholars shocked the evangelists and they termed it British Indomania.

    2016 January 1, B.B. Kumar, India: Caste, Culture and Traditions, Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
Indophobia
Also see
indophilia

Origin

From Indo- + -mania.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

daimoniandinomania
Cite this entry
APA

Indomania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indomania

MLA

“Indomania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indomania. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indomania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indomania.

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