- published: 07 Aug 2015
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Malinchism is a term used to explain the forms of attraction that the foreigner has in the popular imaginary, causing individuals to lose the spirit of nationality by moving to the other side. The malinchism express the disdain for those who are attracted by foreign values, considered superior, of better quality and worthy of imitation. In Mexico and in other countries the term malinchism/malinchist applies to all those who feel an attraction by the foreigner and disregard for the national culture. It also applies to the politics to explain the option by the foreigner, as in El Salvador, in which the leftist political parties call their opponents "right malinchist". The myth of Malinche and the force of this feeling of disgust crossed the Mexican border, and malinchism came to be applied as a technical term, political, for everything that meant choose for the foreign.[1]