Francophile

<p>A Francophile is a person who has a strong affinity towards any or all of the <a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French language</a>, <a href="/facts/History_of_France/QqxdUDKQ">French history</a>, <a href="/facts/Culture_of_France/IFUhnanU">French culture</a> and/or <a href="/facts/French_people/984axQ8y">French people</a>. That affinity may include France itself or its history, language, <a href="/facts/French_cuisine/gHvq6Erk">cuisine</a>, <a href="/facts/French_literature/L1fo6JPq">literature</a>, etc. The term "Francophile" can be contrasted with <a href="/facts/Francophobia/Xo3pUGRj">Francophobe</a> (or Gallophobe), someone who shows hatred or other forms of negative feelings towards all that is French.
</p><p>A Francophile may enjoy French artists (such as <a href="/facts/Claude_Monet/FV91Y96V">Claude Monet</a>, <a href="/facts/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir/78P8VxXG">Pierre-Auguste Renoir</a>, <a href="/facts/Edgar_Degas/pqTeqobF">Edgar Degas</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_C%25C3%25A9zanne/6agj3aeq">Paul Cézanne</a>, and <a href="/facts/Henri_Matisse/PsUTqHjP">Henri Matisse</a>); authors and poets (such as <a href="/facts/Victor_Hugo/fTAsw2A8">Victor Hugo</a>, <a href="/facts/Alexandre_Dumas/K5qTNg5J">Alexandre Dumas</a>, <a href="/facts/Voltaire/h2pyULrC">Voltaire</a>, <a href="/facts/Honor%25C3%25A9_de_Balzac/vgqJhSLP">Honoré de Balzac</a>, and <a href="/facts/George_Sand/SzFUuuTw">George Sand</a>), musicians (such as <a href="/facts/Daft_Punk/cC1aTQjY">Daft Punk</a>, <a href="/facts/Jean-Michel_Jarre/krg5JHT6">Jean-Michel Jarre</a>, <a href="/facts/Serge_Gainsbourg/YCXArzdD">Serge Gainsbourg</a>, <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589dith_Piaf/m09k645W">Édith Piaf</a>, <a href="/facts/Johnny_Hallyday/w1YU3RnW">Johnny Hallyday</a>, and <a href="/facts/Carla_Bruni/PjQbBEmo">Carla Bruni</a>), filmmakers (such as <a href="/facts/Jean-Luc_Godard/8zsCx57L">Jean-Luc Godard</a>, <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Truffaut/I64XVz7D">François Truffaut</a>, <a href="/facts/Robert_Bresson/pGHf8PsR">Robert Bresson</a>, and <a href="/facts/Jean-Pierre_Melville/hnPTGMdT">Jean-Pierre Melville</a>), and cuisine (such as <a href="/facts/Baguettes/5qJsM24J">baguettes</a>, <a href="/facts/Croissants/jWXnAPzt">croissants</a>, <a href="/facts/Frog_legs/QXFxX24B">frog legs</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_French_cheeses/6JcoeIzx">French cheeses</a>, and <a href="/facts/French_wine/aTuD2DJY">French wine</a>). Francophilia often arises in former <a href="/facts/French_colonial_empire/IRauBDs1">French colonies</a>, where the <a href="/facts/Elite/8ceFK8LD">elite</a> spoke French and adopted many French habits. In other European countries such as <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a> and <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>, French culture has also long been popular among the <a href="/facts/Upper_class/RCguRfzS">upper class</a>. Historically, Francophilia has been associated with supporters of the <a href="/facts/Philosophy/zAH5PVD6">philosophy</a> of <a href="/facts/Age_of_Enlightenment/Uj2Fa8Mk">Enlightenment</a> during and after the <a href="/facts/French_Revolution/PIkDlrC0">French Revolution</a>, where <a href="/facts/Democracy/3tLdVS1C">democratic</a> uprisings challenged the <a href="/facts/Autocratic/WpzSRcND">autocratic</a> regimes of <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a>.
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