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Slavicist

/ˈslɑːvɪsɪst/

Slavicist is the alternative form of Slavist.

Meaning of Slavist

Noun

Slavist (plural Slavists)

  1. (historical) A Slavophile.
    • Slověn / Slovan (in a so-called non-productive form) would have been an appellative similar to bratěn / bratan which de facto confirms a thesis of the Slavs as those «linguistically» related. Among the Slavists, it was by no means less popular searching for a word base in a word sláva (glory) as an...2017, Adam Mesiarkin, “The name of the Slavs: Etymology and Meaning”, in Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana, number 1, page 8
  2. A specialist in the Slavic languages, literature or culture.

Forms of Slavicist

pluralSlavicists

Origin of Slavicist

Slavic + -ist

Questions about Slavicist

What is Slavicist the alternative form of?
Slavicist is the alternative form of Slavist.
How do you pronounce Slavicist?
Slavicist is pronounced /ˈslɑːvɪsɪst/.

Words near Slavicist in the dictionary

  1. Slavic studies
  2. Slavically
  3. Slavicek
  4. Slavicism
  5. Slavicisms
  6. Slavicist
  7. Slavicists
  8. Slavicization
  9. Slavicizations
  10. Slavicize
  11. Slavicized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Slavicist (page history and authors); Slavist (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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