Russianismn.
/ˈrʌʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˈrʌʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈrəʃ(ə)ˌnɪzəm/ 1.
a. A characteristically Russian word, phrase, or idiom, esp. when used in another language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavonic > Russian > idiom of
Russianism1827
Russism1834
1827 J. Bowring Specimens Polish Poets 4 Bantkie divides the language of Poland into six dialects..;—the Littavian, which has many Russianisms [etc.].
1864 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 294/2 Serbs and Bulgarians seek to expunge Greek and Russianisms from their liturgy.
1934 D. Round tr. K. Capek President Masaryk Tells his Story 114 My Czech was very rough and bristling with Russianisms.
1957 V. Nabokov Pnin iii. 87 Her fluent and flashy New York English, with..soft lapses into furry Russianisms.
2004 K. Brown Biogr. of No Place ii. 65 None of his informants spoke pure Ukrainian, but in speech ‘garbled’ with Russianisms.
b. As a mass noun: the use of Russianisms or Russianized language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavonic > Russian > adoption of Russian idioms
Russianism1866
1866 H. S. Edwards Three Louisas I. xviii. 258 ‘Absolutely!’ replied Tchokimoff, who spoke English with just a trace of Russianism.
1886 American 12 219 The translation..is free from..excessive Russianism.
1993 A. De Vries Directory of Jobs & Careers Abroad (ed. 8) 302 Latvia is currently under the most threat from Russianism (almost half the population are non-Latvian speakers).
2.
a. Attachment to or support for Russia and Russian political or cultural ascendancy.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > specific other nations
Normanism1647
Russianism1832
Turcomania1834
Turcophilism1880
Turcophilia1908
Bulgarophilism1921
Sinophilia1951
1832 Ann. Reg. 1831 i. Hist. Europe 435/1 The prisons contained some ladies, whom political jealousy had confined on suspicion of Russianism.
1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 240 Lord John Russell, who will hardly be suspected of Russianism, distinctly disclaimed any such view.
1919 J. Conrad Personal Rec. Pref. p. xviii The secret National Committee intended primarily to organise moral resistance to the augmented pressure of Russianism.
1998 A. J. Motyl in B. R. Rubin & J. L. Snyder Post-Soviet Polit. Order ii. 26 Central Asia may have been the most egregious example of the fusion of Russianism with Bolshevism, as local Russian Bolsheviks..pursued outwardly racist policies toward the indigenous peoples.
b. Russian character, spirit, or quality.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > prevalence of Russian ideas or spirit
Russianism1843
Russism1850
1843 Foreign Q. Rev. Apr. 96/1 This grey-haired soldier was a tough, tardy piece of Russianism to the backbone.
1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein III. 15 ‘If only,’ he writes, ‘there were common sense in Kutusoff's army instead of Russianism.’
1918 A. Bennett Roll-call i. ii. 37 The Glazounov ballet music..started. Knowing himself justified, he surrendered himself to it, to its exoticism, to its Russianism.
1959 Encounter Oct. 8/1 A sort of Fabergé Russianism clings around parts of Nice.
1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 Mar. 26/2 The Slavophiles have seen the strength of their nation in their medieval roots, patriarchal customs, religion and folklore, an untainted Russianism.
c. A Russian characteristic or custom.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > custom
Russianism1957
1878 Med. Press & Circular 22 May 436/2 Such Russianisms as these are not calculated to make the Service agreeable to men of spirit or culture.
1933 A. Nin Let. 3 May in G. Stuhlmann Literate Passion (1987) 150 Got a beautiful letter from my father again, transports of un-French and even un-Spanish affection. I see where I get some of my Russianisms!
1957 V. Nabokov Pnin iii. 71 Shy graduate students would be taught vodka-drinking rites and other stale Russianisms.
1985 N.Y. Mag. 27 May 91/2 In the Russia of the revolution, modern ideas and ancient Russianisms struck sparks off each other.
3. Soviet communism as practised by the Russians.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems based on specific principle > [noun] > Soviet communist system
communism1918
Sovietism1919
Russianism1933
1933 Catholic 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.
1976 R. G. Wesson Why Marxism? ii. 87 The growth of Russianism out of Marxism-Leninism reflects..increasing conservatism and decline of interest in the universalist cause.
2000 R. Szporluk Russia, Ukraine, & Breakup of Soviet Union viii. 246 The adoption of ‘Russianism’ as the state's official ideology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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