Russophobics

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who harbor intense dislike, fear, or prejudice against Russian people or culture, expressing negative sentiments or opposition toward anything associated with Russia
2. People characterized by antagonism or irrational aversion to Russia and its citizens, often displaying distrust or hostility based on nationality or political beliefs
3. Those exhibiting discriminatory attitudes or fear toward Russian individuals or the Russian state, manifesting in social, political, or cultural rejection or bias against Russians

Etymology: Russophobia combines "Russia" with the Greek "phobos", meaning fear or dread. The country's name comes through Medieval Latin "Russia" from "Rus'", a term likely linked to Scandinavian traders and rulers who helped organise the early East Slavic state centred on Kyiv. The fear in the compound is abstract. It is aimed at a nation and its culture as a whole, not at a single person or thing. The noun is built the way other "-phobe" and "-phobic" words are. "Russophobic" is the adjective, and this plural noun turns it into a label for the people who hold the attitude, much as "phobics" denotes people who have a particular fear.

Synonyms: anti-Russians, Russophobes

Antonyms: Russophiles