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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A support or enthusiasm for Slavic culture and peoples. uncountable
2. 2
   an intellectual movement originating from 19th century that wanted the Russian Empire to be developed upon values and institutions derived from its early history. wordnet
3. 3
   An ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values and resisting non-Slavic influences (as first formulated in 19th-century imperial Russia). uncountable

Synonyms

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slavophilismslavonicism

Antonyms

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Slavophobia

Etymology

From Slavo- + -philia.

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