Romanophobe
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who fears, hates, or is prejudiced against Rome or the Romans (especially Ancient Rome or the Roman Empire, or sometimes the Roman Catholic Church and Pope in Rome).
"A Greek, and writing in Greek, he seems to take Rome and its history as one of the facts of life. You cannot think of him as either a Romanophobe or a Romanophile."
- 2 One who fears, hates, or is prejudiced against Roma.
"George Borrow (1803-1881) has stood as the acknowledged source of inspiration for countless Romanophiles (as well as Romanophobes) ever since his literary heyday in the 19th century; in fact Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald saw himself as quite "unfashionable" (1944:x) because he was one of the few who didn't make his "first acquaintance with [Gypsies] in the pages of George Borrow"."
- 3 One who fears, hates, or is prejudiced against Romanians.
"Hungarians can be Anglophiles or Anglophobes, Germanophiles or Germanophobes, but they are all Romanophobes to the extent that even the Jewish population forgets about its anti-German feelings when it comes to revisionist aspirations."
- 1 Fearing or hating Rome or Romans.
"[...] betrays the Roman point of view, which its author (J.) has assumed. On the other hand, Berendts had already discussed some very Romanophobe passages in the Slavic version of Josephus, that could not have appeared in the edition of its author which was dedicated to Titus."
- 2 Fearing or hating Romania.
"[...] the Kremlin['s...] only objective remains to push Bessarabia away from Romania. [...] (By the way, Romania's billions are administered by the Snegur-Sangheli tandem, consolidating the Romanophobe group “the Civic Alliance” in Chisinau.)"
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More examples"A Greek, and writing in Greek, he seems to take Rome and its history as one of the facts of life. You cannot think of him as either a Romanophobe or a Romanophile."
Etymology
From Romano- (“Rome, Romans”) + -phobe.
From Romano- (“Romani”) + -phobe.
From Romano- (“Romania, Romanians”) + -phobe.
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