Serbomans (Serbo-Croatian andMacedonian:србомани,romanized:srbomani;Bulgarian:сърбомани,romanized: sărbomani;Romanian:sârbomani) is aBulgarianpejorative term used by Bulgarian nationalists for inhabitants in theregion of Macedonia that claimed Serbian ethnicity (declared asSerbs) and supported Serbian national ideals until the middle of the 20th century.[1] They explained it as being imposed bySerbian propaganda promulgating a secondary identity, which resulted in a Bulgarian population that had lost its real nationality.[2] It is also still usedpejoratively by Bulgarians to refer to residents ofNorth Macedonia who proclaimed a separateMacedonian identity and act to subdueBulgarian nationalism in Macedonia.[3] The term first appeared during the time of the Serbian-Bulgarian rivalry for present-dayNorth Macedonia during the second half of the 19th century.[4]
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