Slavophile
nounEtymology From Slavo- + -phile.
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.
- 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
- Slavophobe
- Related terms
- Slavophilia, Slavophilic