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- Spanish · borrowed fromchavismo
- English todayChavismo
Borrowed from Spanish chavismo; itself from Chávez (“Hugo Chávez”) + -ismo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A left-wing populist ideology based on the policies of Hugo Chávez (1954–2013), the former president of Venezuela (2002–2013), and the politics of the Bolivarian Revolution (Bolivarianism). Full definition →
Borrowed from Spanish chavismo; itself from Chávez (“Hugo Chávez”) + -ismo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.