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Bulgarophiles
Term describing certain Slavic people From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bulgarophiles[1] (Bulgarian: българофили, romanized: bălgarofili; Serbian and Macedonian: бугарофили or бугараши, romanized: bugarofili or bugaraši;[2] Greek: βουλγαρόφιλοι, romanized: boulgarófiloi; Romanian: bulgarofilii) is a pejorative term used for Slavic people from the regions of Macedonia and Pomoravlje[3][4][5] who identify as ethnic Bulgarians. In Bulgaria, the term Bulgaromans; (Bulgarian: българомани, romanized: bălgaromani; Romanian: bulgaromani) refers to non-Slavic people such as Aromanians[6] with a Bulgarian self-awareness.[7] During the 19th and early 20th century the Bulgarian national identification arose as a result of an intense propaganda campaign and the affiliation with the Bulgarian millet and Bulgarian Exarchate.[8][9] In the 20th century, Bulgarophiles in neighboring Yugoslavia and Greece were considered enemies of the state harboring irredentist tendencies.[10][11] Critics of the view that the Macedonian nation has existed for a long time and that it has no relation with the Bulgarian nation get accused of being Bulgarophiles in North Macedonia.[12] In the context of North Macedonia, the term also means feeling a close ethnic relation with Bulgarians or being of Bulgarian origin.[13]

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