russophilia
/ˌɹʌsəˈfɪli.ə/
russophilia means A strong interest in or admiration of Russia, Russian culture, or the Russian people.
russophilia is pronounced /ˌɹʌsəˈfɪli.ə/.
Why “russophilia” is a great word
A strong interest in or admiration of Russia, Russian culture, or the Russian people. Formed within English by compounding the combining form Russo- (from Russia) and the combining form -philia (from Greek, meaning "love, fondness"). Unlike Russophile (which names the person who holds the admiration) or Slavophilia (which dilutes its focus across a broad pan-Slavic ideal), Russophilia is the abstract affection itself, distilled into a principle. It is the study of Cyrillic script by lamplight, the melancholic pull of a Tchaikovsky melody, the imagined vastness of the Siberian taiga—a longing not merely for a place, but for the gravity of a constructed silence.
Etymology
From Russo- + -philia.
noun
- A strong interest in or admiration of Russia, Russian culture, or the Russian people.“Russophilia was directly weakened by military base agreements with the US.”
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