Romanophobes

Noun (1)

Romanophobe (plural Romanophobes)

1. One who fears, hates, or is prejudiced against Rome or the Romans (especially Ancient Rome or the Roman Empire, or sometimes the Roman Catholic Church and Pope in Rome).
   • A Greek, and writing in Greek, he seems to take Rome and its history as one of the facts of life. You cannot think of him as either a Romanophobe or a Romanophile.1970, David Brook, Search for peace: a reader in international relations, page 39

   Antonyms:

   Romanophile

Noun (2)

Romanophobe (plural Romanophobes)

1. One who fears, hates, or is prejudiced against Roma.
   • George Borrow (1803-1881) has stood as the acknowledged source of inspiration for countless Romanophiles (as well as Romanophobes) ever since his literary heyday in the 19th century; in fact Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald saw himself as quite "unfashionable" (1944:x) because he was one of the few who...1997, Yaron Matras, Peter Bakker, Khristo Kyuchukov, The Typology and Dialectology of Romani, page 199

   Antonyms:

   Romanophile

Noun (3)

Romanophobe (plural Romanophobes)

1. One who fears, hates, or is prejudiced against Romanians.
   • Hungarians can be Anglophiles or Anglophobes, Germanophiles or Germanophobes, but they are all Romanophobes to the extent that even the Jewish population forgets about its anti-German feelings when it comes to revisionist aspirations.2006, Randolph L. Braham, Brewster S. Chamberlin, The Holocaust in Hungary: Sixty Years Later, East European Monographs, page 25, discussing Transylvania

   Antonyms:

   Romanophile

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