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Pasionaria, n.|pasjoˈnɑːrjə|
Also Pasionara.
[Sp., lit. ‘passion-flower’.]
The nickname of the inspirational Basque Communist leader Dolores (La Pasionaria) Ibárruri Gómez (1895–1989), renowned for her emotional oratory and colourful personality, used allusively for a popular leader or figurehead, esp. one who is persecuted for supporting a political or other cause.
1961New Statesman 19 May 806/2 That Pasionaria of English Functionalism, Jane Drew. 1963Economist 30 Nov. 934/2 A classical Sturm und Drang figure of the interwar years, a Pasionara of the democratic Left. 1977Time 3 Oct. 90/1 Henry Fonda's little girl who went to Vassar grew up to be not only a gifted actress but the Pasionaria of the antiwar movement. 1986New Yorker 10 Feb. 74/2 ‘La Pasionaria of middle-class privilege’ is what Dennis Healey..has called Mrs. Thatcher. |