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Russophilia

/ˌɹʌsəˈfɪli.ə/

Russophilia noun: a strong interest in or admiration of Russia, Russian culture, or the Russian people.

Noun

Russophilia (uncountable)

  1. A strong interest in or admiration of Russia, Russian culture, or the Russian people.
    • Russophilia was directly weakened by military base agreements with the US.2015, Boris Popivanov, Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria, page 126

Origin of Russophilia

From Russo- + -philia.

Words formed from Russophilia

Questions about Russophilia

What does Russophilia mean?
Russophilia means a strong interest in or admiration of Russia, Russian culture, or the Russian people.
What part of speech is Russophilia?
Russophilia is a noun.
How do you pronounce Russophilia?
Russophilia is pronounced /ˌɹʌsəˈfɪli.ə/.

Words near Russophilia in the dictionary

  1. russoomdars
  2. russooms
  3. Russophil
  4. Russophile
  5. Russophiles
  6. Russophilia
  7. Russophilic
  8. Russophilism
  9. Russophilist
  10. Russophilists
  11. Russophils

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Russophilia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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