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Brezhnevite
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English
Etymology
From en Brezhnev ite.
Noun
A supporter of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906–1982), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982.
Translations
supporter of Brezhnev
Finnish: fi brežneviläinen
Portuguese: pt brejnevita m
Ukrainian: uk брежнєвист m
Adjective
Of or relating to Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev or his policies.
en G[áspár] M[iklós] Tamás Victory Defeated w:Larry Diamond; Marc F. Plattner Democracy after Communism A Journal of Democracy Book Baltimore, Md.; London The Johns Hopkins University Press 2002 128 https://books.google.com/books?id=z5l0MevHFQMC&pg=PA128 978-0-8018-7076-7 When the promised state of affairs failed to materialize, the specifically communist claim of authority was rendered void, and it was clumsily and awkwardly replaced by Brezhnevite borborygms of the status quo.
Translations
Of or relating to Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev or his policies
Greek: el μπρεζνιεφικός
Further reading
Leonid Brezhnev
en eponyms