Moscow Syndrome

A psychological or cultural coping phenomenon in which individuals raised in strict, conservative, or authoritarian environments publicly reject or criticize certain modern, liberal, or foreign values (e.g., LGBTQ+, anime, K-pop, urban hood culture), but secretly admire, consume, or even imitate them in private.

A psychological phenomenon which is a coping mechanism that when a person hate this culture/subculture/lifestyle like lgbtq+, anime, Taylor Swift minions and more, but this person because of hate this person secretly obsessed with that subculture/lifestyle/celebrity because either it is rejected by them, this lifestyle is not "good" according to his/family belief and just out of envy, Just like Russia hates west but many Russians including Putin officials have sent their kids to expensive western school and have expensive western goods, plus many russians are obssesed with western culture
A example of Moscow Syndrome is a man hates lgbtq+ and immodest women because of his religion but he secretly lusted at transwomen and sexy girls
A Russian propagandist have a Moscow Syndrome because he is promoting Russia as last bastion of anti-wokism and west is degenerate but he had luxurious western goods and his son schooled at Switzerland
He had a Moscow Syndrome because he rants us about anime and otakus, but he is secretly have anime photos and weeb
by yourcoolboui July 29, 2025
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