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'''Macedonism''' (] and ]: Македонизам, ]: Македонизъм, all ]: ''Makedonizam'') is a political term used to refer to a set of ideas perceived as characteristic of ] ]. The term is mostly used in a ] sense by opponents of such views, mainly by ]<ref name=Genov>Nikolaĭ Genov, Anna Krŭsteva, (2001) ''Recent Social Trends in Bulgaria, 1960-1995'', </ref> and sometimes ] authors,<ref name=SMS>, ''Macedonianism FYROM'S Expansionist Designs against Greece, 1944-2006'', Ephesus - Society for Macedonian Studies, 2007 ISBN: 978-960-8326-30-9, Retrieved on ].</ref><ref name=Gillespie>Kentrotis, Kyriakos (1996): "Echoes from the Past: Greece and the Macedonian Controversy", in: Richard Gillespie (ed.) ''Mediterranean Politics'', Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, p. 85–101 </ref><ref>Evangelos Kofos (1994): "Remarks on FYROM 's new school textbooks" </ref> where it has strong ] connotations. It is occasionally also used in international scholarship,<ref name=Bell>John D. Bell, edited by Sabrina P Ramet - (1999) ''The Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe Since 1989'', </ref> and in an ] sense in isolated examples from Macedonian authors themselves.<ref></ref><ref>The Macedonian (Old-New) Issue. Mirjana Maleska, Institute of Sociological and Political Research, Skopje, Macedonia. New Balkan Politics - Journal of Politics ISSUE 3.
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</ref><ref name=Danforth>Example cited in: ] (1995), ''The Macedonian Conflict: ethnic nationalism in a transnational world'', </ref>
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==Origins==
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The roots of the concept were first developed in the late ], in the context of ], ] and ] initiatives to take control over the region of ], which was at that time ruled by the ]. It was originally used to refer to the idea that ] constituted a distinct ], separate from their neighbours. The first to use the term "Macedonist" was the ] author ], who coined the term in his article '']'', published in the newspaper ] in 1871, to criticise those Macedonians espousing such views. An early recorded use of the term "Macedonism" is found in a report by the ] politician ] from 1887. He proposed to employ the Macedonist ideology as a means to counteract the Bulgarian influence in Macedonia, thereby promoting Serbian interests in the region.<ref>From the report of S. Novakovic to the Minister of Education in Belgrade about 'Macedonism' as a transitional stage in Serbianizing the Macedonian Bulgarians - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES - Institute of History - Bulgarian Language Institute, MACEDONIA, DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS - Sofia 1978. </ref>

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==Ideas==
Among the views and opinions that are often perceived as typical of Macedonian ] and are criticised as parts of "Macedonism" by those who use the term<ref>Representative of the anti-"Macedonist" criticism from the Bulgarian side is the work by ] (2003), '']'', Sofia.</ref> are the following:

*The idea that there is a fundamental, ] distinction between ] and ], going back much further than the political divisions between the two nations during the 20th century; (see ])
*The belief that this distinction is related to the inheritance of ethnic elements of the ancient non-Slavic tribe of the ], supposed to form an essential part of modern Bulgarian but not Macedonian heritage; (see ], ])
*The disputed level of racial continuity between the modern Macedonians and ancient autochthonous peoples of the region (i.e. ]);
*] political views about the neighbouring regions of ] ''("]")'' and parts of southwest ] ''("]")'' and about ethnic Macedonian minorities living in these areas, connected to the political idea of a ].

Other, related areas of Macedonian–Bulgarian national polemics relate to:
* The presence of the ] in Medieval Macedonia and their connection to today's Macedonians; (see ])
* The ethnic character of various medieval historical figures and entities, including the saints ] and ], the medieval Tsar ] and his kingdom, and the medieval ];
* The historical role of the ] and the ethnic character of the ];
*The historical role of various Macedonian insurgent movements during ] rule (see ]) and during the Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia in ]; (see ])
*The opinion that a separate Macedonian nationhood was the artificial product of a ] ] during the 20th century<ref>Minchev, Dimiter: "Macedonia and Bulgaria". In: B. A. Cook (ed.), ''Europe since 1945: An Encyclopedia'' Taylor and Francis, 2001. ISBN 0815340583, pg. 808.</ref> and the belief of some Bulgarians that Macedonians — for whatever reason — constitute a subgroup of the Bulgarian people. (see ])

On the other hand, areas of Macedonian–Greek national polemics relate to:
* The ] of the ancient Macedonians and the ] of the ] and their relation to the contemporary ] and ]s and people. <ref>Tracing the script and the language of the Ancient Macedonian, Professor Tome Boshevski, Aristotel Tentov. </ref><ref>Ancient Macedonian Genes in the the Modern Macedonian Nation not-related to the Greek Nation </ref> (see ], ])

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