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Putinology
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English
Etymology
From en Putin -ology.
Pronunciation
en ɒlədʒi 5
Noun
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The study or analysis of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), Russian politician, president of Russia.
en 2017-02-22 w:Keith Gessen Killer, kleptocrat, genius, spy: the many myths of Vladimir Putin w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/22/vladimir-putin-killer-genius-kleptocrat-spy-myths Putin’s recent ubiquity has brought great prominence to the practice of Putinology. This enterprise – the production of commentary and analysis about Putin and his motivations, based on necessarily partial, incomplete and sometimes entirely false information – has existed as a distinct intellectual industry for over a decade. https://web.archive.org/web/20261024112103/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/22/vladimir-putin-killer-genius-kleptocrat-spy-myths 24 October 2026
Related terms
en Kremlinology
en Vladimir Putin
en eponyms