topophilia
toh-poh-FIL-ee-ah
The love of place, or of a particular place. The affective bond between a person and the ground they stand on. Coined as an academic term by geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, but the feeling predates the coinage by all of human history.
Etymology
Greek topos (place) + philia (love). Love of place.
Notes
Term developed by Yi-Fu Tuan in Topophilia (1974).
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