Ukronazism
English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.Alternative forms
- Ukro-Nazism
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Укронацизм (Ukronacizm), coined to translate the 2022 op-ed What Russia Should Do with Ukraine. Analyzeable as Ukronazi + -ism.
Noun
Ukronazism (uncountable)
- (slang, offensive, derogatory, neologism) The actions or practice of Ukronazis. [from 2022]
- 2022 April 3, Timofey Sergeytsev, “What Russia Should Do with Ukraine”, in Mariia Kravchenko, transl., Medium, archived from the original on 2022-11-03:
- Ukronazism poses a much bigger threat to the world and Russia than the Hitler version of German Nazism.
- 2022 April 20, Charlie Parker, “Putin warns West with long-range Satan 2 missile”, in The Times, archived from the original on 2022-04-20:
- After the launch Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, claimed on Twitter that the weapon was a "present to Nato and all sponsors of Ukro-Nazism", in a reference to Russia's propaganda claims about the conflict in Ukraine.
- 2022 November 30, Boris Noordenbos, “Memory wars beyond the metaphor: Reflections on Russia's mnemonic propaganda”, in Andrew Hoskins, editor, Memory Studies, volume 15, number 6, SAGE Publishing, DOI:, ISSN 1750-6999, OCLC 213356662, page 12991302:
- In Sergeitsev’s hermetic logic, when contemporary Ukrainians look different from historical Banderites or Nazis, then that is precisely what makes 'Ukro-Nazism' so elusive and threatening for Russia.
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