topophilia
Sign in to saveTopophilia (From Greek topos "place" and -philia, "love of") is a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place.
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- Negative side
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Topophilia (From Greek topos "place" and -philia, "love of") is a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place.
==History of the term==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “topophilia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.