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Germanophobic

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Etymology

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From German +‎ -o- +‎ -phobic.

Adjective

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Germanophobic (comparative more Germanophobic, superlative most Germanophobic)

  1. Opposed to Germany.
    • 1966, Rampart College Graduate School, Rampart Journal of Individualist Thought - Volume 2, Issue 1, page 85:
      Unfortunately, however, the sheer bulk of this literature with its tiresome repetition of the same Germanophobic theme makes it impossible for one to ignore it.
    • 2006, Dennis Sherman, Western Civilization, page 186:
      For some Germanophobic historians the Nazi experience still serves as the pivot around which explanations about German history as a whole are formulated.
    • 2020, Stefan Manz, Panikos Panayi, Enemies in the Empire:
      The initial legislation aimed at controlling the German populations of the individual territories but, as the war progressed and Germanophobic resentment increased, the aim increasingly became elimination, whether this consisted of preventing the use of the German language, confiscating German property, or deporting Germans and their families, although the latter two policies did begin to evolve in the early stages of the conflict.