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Grecoman or Graecoman (Greek: Γραικομάνοι, Grekománoi, Bulgarian: Гъркомани, Garkomani, Macedonian: Гркомани, Grkomani, Romanian: Grecomani, Albanian: Grekomanë, Aromanian: Gricumanji) is a pejorative term used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania and Albania to characterize Arvanitic-, Aromanian-, and Slavic-speaking people, who self identify as ethnic Greeks. The term generally means "pretending to be a Greek" and implies a non-Greek origin. Another meaning of the term is fanatic Greek. The term is considered highly offensive to the Greek people. The "Grecoman" is regarded as an ethnic Greek in Greece, but as Hellenized minority representative in the neighboring countries.

References

1. Skendi 1967, p. 67.
2. Kahl 2002, pp. 145–169.
3. Karakasidou 1997, p. 106; Mackridge & Yannakakis 1997, p. 148 (Note #11); Nugent 2002, p. 181; Cowan 2000, p. 40; Danforth 1997, pp. 245–246; Kalyvas 2006, p. 312 (Footnote #65); Rossos 2008, p. 145; Brown 2003, p. 82.
4. Van Boeschoten 2006, pp. 347–377.
5. "The Macedonian Affair - A Historical Review of the Attempts to Create a Counterfeit Nation (Institute of International and Strategic Studies in Athens, Greece)". Hellenic Resources Network. 1995–2009. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
6. Danforth 1997, p. 221.
7. Kontogiorgi 2006, pp. 233–234.

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• Cultural assimilation
• Ethnic and religious slurs
• Greek people of Bulgarian descent
• Persecution of Greeks in Europe