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Iranophilic

Iranophilic adjective: fond of Iran or its people or culture.

Adjective

Iranophilic (comparative more Iranophilic, superlative most Iranophilic)

  1. (rare) Fond of Iran or its people or culture.
    • Breaking with his Iranophilic past, Vakhtang brought his state and church into line with current Byzantine policy, adopting Zeno's Henoticon of 482, which in the East was considered a "veiled condemnation of Chalcedon".1994, Ronald Suny, The Making of the Georgian Nation - Page 24
    • They simply insist that his Persian-tinged pronunciation, grammatical usages, and vocabulary were the result of a birth and education in Iranophilic Afghanistan.1996, Kenneth Glaudell, An Afghan of Unknown Views, page 37

Forms of Iranophilic

comparativemore Iranophilic
superlativemost Iranophilic

Origin of Iranophilic

From Irano- + -philic.

Questions about Iranophilic

What does Iranophilic mean?
Iranophilic means fond of Iran or its people or culture.
What part of speech is Iranophilic?
Iranophilic is an adjective.

Words near Iranophilic in the dictionary

  1. Iranologists
  2. Iranology
  3. Iranophile
  4. Iranophiles
  5. Iranophilia
  6. Iranophilic
  7. Iranophobe
  8. Iranophobes
  9. Iranophobia
  10. Iranophobic
  11. Iranophone

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