Slavophile
Slavophile noun: one who likes Slavic peoples, their countries, and their cultures.
Noun
Slavophile (plural Slavophiles)
- One who likes Slavic peoples, their countries, and their cultures.
- A person who is interested in the development and prosperity of the Slavic race.
- As Dostoevsky wrote in 1877, "In many respects my convictions are purely Slavophile ones, although I am perhaps not a complete Slavophile."2004, K. A. Lantz, The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 399
Antonyms of Slavophile
Forms of Slavophile
| plural | Slavophiles |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Slavophil |
Origin of Slavophile
From Slavo- + -phile.
Questions about Slavophile
- What does Slavophile mean?
- Slavophile means one who likes Slavic peoples, their countries, and their cultures.
- What part of speech is Slavophile?
- Slavophile is a noun.
- What is the plural of Slavophile?
- The plural of Slavophile is Slavophiles.
Words near Slavophile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Slavophile (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Slavophile.wav.
Cite this entry: “Slavophile.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/slavophile. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.