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Slavophilia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A support or enthusiasm for Slavic culture and peoples.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: Slavophobia

2

noun

Meaning 2

An ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values and resisting non-Slavic influences (as first formulated in 19th-century imperial Russia).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Slavophilism

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Slavo- + -philia.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: славянафі́льства (slavjanafílʹstva) — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • Bulgarian: славянофилство (slavjanofilstvo) — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • Catalan: eslavofília — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • Czech: slavjanofilství — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • French: slavophilie — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • French: slavophilisme — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • Polish: słowianofilstwo — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • Russian: славянофи́льство (slavjanofílʹstvo) — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • Russian: славянолю́бие (slavjanoljúbije) — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values
  • Ukrainian: слов'янофі́льство (slovʺjanofílʹstvo) — ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values