topophilia
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From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -philia. Coined by British-American poet W. H. Auden in 1947, used by French phenomenologist Gaston Bachelard (1958), and made popular by Chinese-American geographer Yi-Fu Tuan in his essay and book Topophilia (1961 and 1974).
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topophilia (uncountable)
- A strong sense of place, often combined with a sense of cultural identity.
- What I feel towards my grandmother's house could be described as topophilia.
- 2021 January 14, Arthur C. Brooks, “Find the Place You Love. Then Move There.”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- Topophilia might not be associated with your childhood home, however. For me, all synesthetic tendencies take me not to Seattle but to Barcelona, the city where I lived in my 20s, where I got married, and the only place I have returned to year after year (except for 2020, due to the pandemic).
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