a person who feels intense and often irrational hatred (Russophobia) for Russia or the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
Derived forms
Russophobic (ˌRussoˈphobic)
adjective
Russophobe in American English
(ˈrʌsəˌfoub)
noun
a person who hates or fears Russia or the Russians
Derived forms
Russophobia
noun
Word origin
[1880–85; russo- + -phobe]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, highball, impressionism, pari-mutuel, regionalism-phobe is a combining form used to form personal nouns corresponding to nouns ending in-phobia. Other words that use the affix -phobe include: Anglophobe, Slavophobe, Turcophobe, ailurophobe, chromophobe