Pseudomacedonism

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ Macedonism. For more, see Macedonia.

Noun

Pseudomacedonism (uncountable)

1. (rare, derogatory) The practice of appropriating to Slavic Macedonia the name, symbolism and history of ancient (Greek) Macedonia.
   • 2007 July 15, The Pseudomacedonian Fascism, in alt.news.macedonia, Usenet:

     The unity of selected, falsified cultural heritages of the subjugated peoples represents the muddy historical ground for Pseudomacedonism.

   • 2008 August 24, "Black Athena's" ethnic genocide of the ethnic Macedonians, in soc.culture.greek, Usenet:

     […] the holy "truths" of the Pseudomacedonism, the crucial among which is the claim that today´s "Makedonci" of FYROM are direct descendants of Alexander's […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Pseudomacedonism.