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Slavophilism

Slavophilism noun: a fondness for, or solidarity with, Slavic culture or nationhood.

Noun

Slavophilism (uncountable)

  1. A fondness for, or solidarity with, Slavic culture or nationhood.
  2. (more specifically) ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and resisting non-Slavic influences (as first formulated in 19th-century imperial Russia).

Origin of Slavophilism

From Slavo- + -philism.

Questions about Slavophilism

What does Slavophilism mean?
Slavophilism means a fondness for, or solidarity with, Slavic culture or nationhood.
What part of speech is Slavophilism?
Slavophilism is a noun.

Words near Slavophilism in the dictionary

  1. Slavophil
  2. Slavophile
  3. Slavophiles
  4. Slavophilia
  5. Slavophilic
  6. Slavophilism
  7. Slavophils
  8. Slavophobe
  9. Slavophobes
  10. Slavophobia
  11. Slavophobic

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