Germanophile
A Germanophile, Teutonophile, or Teutophile
History
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The term "Germanophile" came into common use in the 19th to 20th centuries]
In 19th-century
In 19th-century Continental Europe, the dichotomy was rather between Germany and France, the main political players of the period, and a Germanophile would choose to side with Germany against French or "Romance" interests taken to heart by a Francophile. The corresponding term relating to England is Anglophile, an affinity, in turn, often observed in early-20th-century Germans choosing to side against French influence.
This term was also popularly used in the 20th century to refer to admirers and adherents of the
A number of
Egyptian-born Ottoman military officer Aziz Ali al-Misri was a self-described Germanophile. He stated in an interview with Al-Ahram that after he learned of the German surrender in 1919 following WWI, he fell into a depression and considered committing suicide.[6] He would later try to go to Germany by various means during WWII without success. His rival in the Ottoman army, Enver Pasha, was also a Germanophile.
See also
- Germanophobia
- Germanisation
- Germanism (linguistics)
- Prussianism
- Imperial German influence on Republican Chile
- German metal
References
- ^ "AlphaDictionary Free Online Dictionaries * Corrected List of Philias - Fears, Loves, Obsessions". Alphadictionary.com. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Germanophile - definition and meaning". Wordnik.com. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-395-82517-4.
- ^ Ngram chart of usage
- ISBN 86-7403-085-8.
- ^ إنجي رشدي (21 July 1957). "حوار مع عزيز المصري".
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0060760236
- Walter John Morris: John Quincy Adams, Germanophile, Pennsylvania State University, 1963
- Arthur Coleman Danto, Jean-Marie Schaeffer and Steven Rendall: Art of the Modern Age: Philosophy of Art from Kant to Heidegger, Princeton University, 2000