Slavophile
noun
a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
Slavophilism
-
a word derived from
Slavophile.
Example Sentences
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The innocuous-sounding but powerful All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments has served increasingly as an outlet for an officially sanctioned resurgence of Slavophilism.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is the heart of Slavophilism, and no one can truly fathom the Russian soul before understanding its philosophy.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
Slavophile critics of another kind were Strakhov and Danilevsky, like Dostoyevsky, disciples of Grigoriev, who preached the last word of Slavophilism and were opposed to all foreign innovations.
From An Outline of Russian Literature by Maurice Baring
Indeed, hostility to St. Petersburg and to "the Petersburg period of Russian history" is one of the characteristic traits of genuine Slavophilism.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
What need therefore, Slavophilism asks, for the degenerate justice of the west?
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
