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Germanophobe
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English
Etymology
From en German -o- -phobe.
Noun
Someone who dislikes or fears Germany, the German people or their culture.
en Teutophobe
en Germanophile
en 1931 Fugitive in the jungle Wilhelm Mattenklodt 288 Thereupon the Germanophobe interrupted me with wrathful remonstrances about our lies and denials
en 1997 Alternative to Appeasement Michael Lawrence Roi 9 Vansittart has long been portrayed as a vehement, if not violent, Germanophobe, the leading member of a like-minded circle of Foreign Office advisers.
en 2008 Our Friend "the Enemy": Thomas Weber 93 What we have seen is that a simple binary system of Anglophobe versus Anglophile and Germanophobe versus Germanophile grossly misrepresents the character of Anglo-German relations and antagonism in the pre-1914 era.
Adjective
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Anti-German; Germanophobic.
en 1938 British Documents on the Origins of the War, 1898-1914 George Peabody Gooch; Harold William Vazeille Temperley I interrupted the Baron in order to observe that my personal feelings could not be of any consequence but as a matter of fact I was not Germanophobe, I was Anglomane, it was natural that you should wish to know from your observer on the spot what was the feeling in France in regard to the critical state in which the negotiations between the French and German Governments then were.
en 1952 Americanism Betrayed: Fact Vs. Fiction 13 Naturally, the always Germanophobe “Times", Germanophobe by its own open admission, would not want justice done but injustice perpetuated so long as it serves the policies of No. 10 Downing Street and the Sanhedrin.
en 2002 Italian Foreign Policy, 1870-1940 C. J. Lowe; F. Marzari 363 Certainly, Ciano, growing more Germanophobe by the day, had entertained the thought.
Related terms
en Germanophobia Germanophobic
en People Germany