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- Russian · borrowed fromдедовщи́на
- English todaydedovshchina
From Russian дедовщи́на (dedovščína), literally “reign of old-timers”.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dedovshchina
Today it means: Hazing, the informal system of subjection and physical or sexual abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and contemporarily in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces. Full definition →
Russian дедовщи́на