Meanings
germanophobia1
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Germanophobia.
Perhaps the chink in Kroenig's argument is his search for germanophobia.
2014, Mark Connelly, We Can Take It!, page 2862 more examples
We sincerely regret that the statesmen in Britain and France are suffering from virulent germanophobia.
1922, The Literary Digest - Volume 72, page 21I don't know how I managed to square this most wonderful of institutions with my deep-seated germanophobia.
2005, Marilyn Ziebarth, Brian Horrigan, Christmas in Minnesota, page 112
Germanophobia2
alternative germanophobia
- uncountableThe 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 Russia2 more examples
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"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 - uncountableThe hatred or fear of the presence of the German language and its native speakers.
Synonyms: Teutonophobia, Teutophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe hatred or fear of the presence of the German language and its native speakers.
Origin
Translations
Dutch germanofobie
- germanofobiehatred or fear of Germany or anything German
French germanophobie, antigermanisme
- germanophobiehatred or fear of Germany or anything German
- antigermanismehatred or fear of Germany or anything German
German Germanophobie, Deutschfeindlichkeit
- Germanophobiehatred or fear of Germany or anything German
- Deutschfeindlichkeithatred or fear of Germany or anything German
Hindi जर्मनभीति
- जर्मनभीति (jarmanbhīti)hatred or fear of Germany or anything German
Italian germanofobia
- germanofobiahatred or fear of Germany or anything German
Romanian germanofobie
- germanofobiehatred or fear of Germany or anything German
Russian германофо́бия, германофо́бство
- германофо́бия (germanofóbija)hatred or fear of Germany or anything German
- германофо́бство (germanofóbstvo)hatred or fear of Germany or anything German
Swedish germanofobi
- germanofobihatred or fear of Germany or anything German
Cite this entry
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