Slavophile

See also: slavophile

English

Alternative forms

• Slavophil

Etymology

From Slavo- +‎ -phile.

Noun

Slavophile (plural Slavophiles)

1. One who likes Slavic peoples, their countries, and their cultures.
2. A person who is interested in the development and prosperity of the Slavic race.
   • 2004, K. A. Lantz, The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 399:

     As Dostoevsky wrote in 1877, "In many respects my convictions are purely Slavophile ones, although I am perhaps not a complete Slavophile."

Antonyms

• Slavophobe

Related terms

• Slavophilia
• Slavophilic

Translations

person who is interested in the development and prosperity of the Slavic race

• Belarusian: славянафі́л m (slavjanafíl), славянафі́лка f (slavjanafílka)
• Bulgarian: славянофи́л m (slavjanofíl)
• Czech: slavjanofil m
• Finnish: slavofiili (fi)
• French: slavophile (fr) m or f
• Greek: σλαβόφιλος (el) m (slavófilos)
• Polish: słowianofil m, słowianofilka f
• Russian: славянофи́л (ru) m (slavjanofíl), славянофи́лка (ru) f (slavjanofílka)
• Swedish: slavofil c
• Ukrainian: слов'янофі́л m (slovʺjanofíl), слов'янофі́лка f (slovʺjanofílka)