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Grecomans (Bulgarian: Гъркомани, Garkomani, Macedonian: Гркомани, Grkomani, Romanian: Grecomani, Albanian: Grekomanë) is a pejorative term used in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Romania and Albania for Greeks of perceived Albanian, Aromanian or Slavic origin, according to non-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 adoption of Greek culture and language was a widespread phenomenon in the Balkans, generally attributed to the prestigious socioeconomic position of Greek speakers in the Ottoman Empire and the special status which the Greek Orthodox Church enjoyed in relation to the Christian Orthodox population in the Balkans and the Millet system.

It should be noted that the term is considered highly offensive, particularly by bilingual Slavophone Greeks, when used by Macedonian Slavs both in the Republic of Macedonia as well as in transnational communities (e.g. in Australia and Canada) to refer to the indigenous people from the wider geographical Macedonia region as well as Macedonia in Greece with a Greek national and ethnic identity "in a variety of uncomplementary names".

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