Russophreniaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Russophrenia (uncountable)

1. (neologism, political science, geopolitics, derogatory) The belief or idea that Russia is simultaneously about to collapse, and also take over the world.
   • 2015 June 30, Bryan MacDonald, “Russophrenia - an illness in need of a cure”, in RT‎:

     This is classic Russophrenia, believing that Russia is about to threaten the world while on fiscal life-support.

   • 2018 July 18, Mikhail Molchanov, quoting Bryan MacDonald, “The Trump-Putin summit: Russophrenia explained”, in Asia Times‎:

     In one astute observation, Western media exhibit a “Russophrenia” – “a condition where the sufferer believes Russia is both about to collapse, and take over the world.”

   • 2019 April 9, Bill Totten, “Has the US Lost Its Military Supremacy Over Russia?”, in BillTottenWeblog‎ (Google Groups):

     In some psychiatric sense it is very close to the more specific Russophrenia phenomenon, where Russia is simultaneously about to collapse and about to overtake the US, and the combined West.

   • 2022, Global Affairs Canada, G7 Rapid Response Mechanism Annual Report 2022‎, page 10:

     The Russian FIMI ecosystem produced and distributed satirical videos attacking Western values and exposing the purported reasons why Russia is superior to Western democracies. The European External Action Service (EEAS) Data team detected this new trend, including a video highlighting the Western “Russophrenia” and supposed attempts to cancel Russian culture, an advertisement inviting EU citizens to move to Russia, and commercial videos mocking EU citizens on the energy crisis.

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