slavophilia

Etymology

From Slavo- + -philia.

slavophilia means A support or enthusiasm for Slavic culture and peoples. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “slavophilia” is a great word

SLAVOPHILIA — [Noun] An ideological and cultural affinity for Slavic peoples and traditions, characterized by a defensive veneration of communal values. Formed within English by compounding, from Slavo- (pertaining to Slavs) + -philia (love, affinity); modelled on a French lexical item. First attested in 1917. Unlike Pan-Slavism, a political program for unification, or Westernism, an advocacy for European models, Slavophilia is a romantic posture of the spirit. It is the scent of beeswax in an onion-domed church, the rough texture of homespun cloth, and the deep resonance of an Old Church Slavonic chant—a melancholic love for a homeland fashioned more in memory than in geography.

noun

A support or enthusiasm for Slavic culture and peoples.
An ideological commitment to maintaining traditional Slavic culture and values and resisting non-Slavic influences (as first formulated in 19th-century imperial Russia).