Germanophobia en · NOUN
Etymology
From Germano- + -phobia.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The hatred or fear of Germany, its people and culture.
In the mid-1860s, Russia also experienced an outbreak of Germanophobia.
2017, Juliet Johnson, Marietta Stepaniants, Benjamin Forest, Religion and Identity in Modern Russia:"Van," as he was known to friend and foe alike, has been accused of Germanophobia, criticized for being indifferent to events outside of his Eurocentric perspective, and castigated for possessing an inflexible mind.
1997, Michael Lawrence Roi, Alternative to Appeasement, page 1:If we deal with state Germanophobia, the first observation concerns the uniqueness of war in the sense that it means that the government became overtly rather than covertly xenophobic in order to create a level of support on the home front necessary for victory on the battlefield, especially before conscription was introduced at the beginning of 1916. In Britain during the First World War, the government established various agencies for the propagation of Germanophobia.
1996, Panikos Panayi, Germans in Britain Since 1500, page 115:
- (uncountable) The hatred or fear of the presence of the German language and its native speakers.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| germanophobia | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
ru германофо́бия (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · hi जर्मनभीति (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · de Germanophobie (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · fr germanophobie (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · fr antigermanisme (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · ru германофо́бство (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · it germanofobia (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · ro germanofobie (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · de Deutschfeindlichkeit (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · sv germanofobi (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German) · nl germanofobie (hatred or fear of Germany or anything German)