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Putinesque
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English
Etymology
From en Putin esque.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Putinesque.wav US
Adjective
Reminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012.
en Putinian
en 2022-11-15 w:Patrick Wintour Sergei Lavrov, a fixture of Russian diplomacy facing his toughest test in Ukraine w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/sergei-lavrov-a-fixture-of-russian-diplomacy-facing-his-toughest-test-in-ukraine Appointed foreign minister in 2004, he has since then through successive US administrations developed a Putinesque revulsion for all western ideas, if not all western consumer durables. At one point, he said all the ills of the 20th century colonialism, two world wars and the cold war lay at the door of American arrogance. https://web.archive.org/web/20261015133552/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/sergei-lavrov-a-fixture-of-russian-diplomacy-facing-his-toughest-test-in-ukraine 15 October 2026
Translations
reminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin
Finnish: fi putinmainen
French: fr poutinesque
Hungarian: hu putyini
Polish: pl putinowski
Russian: ru путинский
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