ruscism
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Definition of ruscism
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
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(derogatory, neologism, slang)Russian fascism, Russianism, Great Russian chauvinism; the ideology of Russia, seen as fascism or as fascist.
“Pro-Ukrainian commentators also used the word Rashizm. Derived from Rasha (from the English “Russia”), combined with the Russian fashizm, and perhaps best translated as “Ruscism,” this term is . . .”
“Pro-Ukrainian commentators have also used the word ‘Rashism’ (conflation of ‘Russia’ and ‘fascism’) to emphasize the aggressive intentions of Russia.”
“On the other side, a large segment of the Ukrainian press has been presenting the Putin regime as fascist: commentators have coined the nickname Putler (Putin + Hitler) and the term Rashism, which conflates Russia and fascism.”
“[…] science, and science-based ultramodern technologies (AI) invented for progress have transformed into cynical means of conducting the third world war by immoral intellect of the ideologists of Ruscism [4].”
““We have beat fascism, and we will defeat Ruscism,” said Pavel Kirilenko, governor of the Donetsk region, who arrived with heavily armed guards to lay flowers at the monument.”
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(derogatory, neologism, slang)Russian fascism, Russianism, Great Russian chauvinism; the ideology of Russia, seen as fascism or as fascist.
“Pro-Ukrainian commentators also used the word Rashizm. Derived from Rasha (from the English “Russia”), combined with the Russian fashizm, and perhaps best translated as “Ruscism,” this term is . . .”
“Pro-Ukrainian commentators have also used the word ‘Rashism’ (conflation of ‘Russia’ and ‘fascism’) to emphasize the aggressive intentions of Russia.”
“On the other side, a large segment of the Ukrainian press has been presenting the Putin regime as fascist: commentators have coined the nickname Putler (Putin + Hitler) and the term Rashism, which conflates Russia and fascism.”
“[…] science, and science-based ultramodern technologies (AI) invented for progress have transformed into cynical means of conducting the third world war by immoral intellect of the ideologists of Ruscism [4].”
““We have beat fascism, and we will defeat Ruscism,” said Pavel Kirilenko, governor of the Donetsk region, who arrived with heavily armed guards to lay flowers at the monument.”
noun
- (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of Ruscism.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian раши́зм (rašízm) or Ukrainian раши́зм (rašýzm), blend of Ра́ша (Ráša, “Russia (chiefly derogatory)”) + фаши́зм (fašízm, “fascism”), the first an unadapted borrowing from English Russia. Compare Russian Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”) or Ukrainian Росі́я (Rosíja, “Russia”). By surface analysis, blend of Russia + fascism.
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