Germanophile

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adjective

Ger·​mano·​phile (ˌ)jər-ˈma-nə-ˌfī(-ə)l How to pronounce Germanophile (audio)
: approving or favoring the German people and their institutions and customs

Germanophile

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noun

: one that is Germanophile

Examples of Germanophile in a Sentence

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Adjective
He is preoccupied by the Germanophile Ukrainian nationalism of the 1940s. Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2022
Noun
But like several tsarist predecessors, Stalin was a Germanophile, admiring that country’s industry and science—in a word, its modernity. Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017 Quartet shows that continuities, rather than ruptures, have defined the history of Turkish autocracy over the past century: Germanophile Young Turks were as tyrannical as Abdülhamid. Kaya Genç, The New Republic, 30 Dec. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1882, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1876, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Germanophile was in 1876

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“Germanophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Germanophile. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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