Scotophilia

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noun

A love for the Scots or for Scotland.

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Meanings

nounScotophilia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA love for the Scots or for Scotland.

    As Linda Colley points out, Scotophobia rapidly turns into Scotophilia. The Highlands, instead of producing warriors who threatened the empire, as had happened in 1745, supplies the soldier who will defend and die for it[…]

    1998, Andrew Monnickendam, A Hypertextual Approach to Walter Scott's Waverley, page 126

Origin

From Scoto- + -philia.

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APA

Scotophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotophilia

MLA

“Scotophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotophilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scotophilia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotophilia.

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