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Russianism|ˈrʌʃənɪz(ə)m|
[f. Russian a.]
1. Tendency to favour Russia.
1855Fraser's Mag. LI. 240 Lord John Russell, who will hardly be suspected of Russianism, distinctly disclaimed any such view.
2. a. Prevalence of Russian ideas or spirit.
1864Daily Telegr. 26 May, If you walk through the streets of Warsaw with a hat, which is considered a symbol of Russianism. 1878Seeley Stein III. 15 ‘If only,’ he writes, ‘there were common sense in Kutusoff's army instead of Russianism.’
b. Soviet communism as practised by the Russians.
1933Catholic Times 21 Apr. 5/1 One of the reasons for the great success of Russianism was the austerity of many of its leaders and the complete self-sacrifice of many of its rank and file.
c. A Russian custom.
1957V. Nabokov Pnin iii. 71 Shy graduate students would be taught vodka-drinking rites and other stale Russianisms.
3. a. Adoption of Russian idioms.
1886American XII. 219 The translation..is free from..excessive Russianism.
b. A Russian idiom.
1957V. Nabokov Pnin iii. 87 Her fluent and flashy New York English, with..soft lapses into furry Russianisms. 1962Amer. Speech XXXVII. 279 (title) Russianisms in the American press. Ibid., Russianisms are divided here into three main groups: loanwords, foreignisms, and calques. 1967Listener 19 Jan. 99/3 Professor Markov allows the occasional Russianism to show through in his introduction, which isn't perfectly idiomatic. |