Etymology

ruscism

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Today it means: Russian fascism, Russianism, Great Russian chauvinism; the ideology of Russia, seen as fascism or as fascist. Full definition →

Russian раши́зм ← Ukrainian раши́зм
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  1. Ukrainian · borrowed fromраши́зм
  2. Russian · borrowed fromраши́зм
  3. English todayRuscism

Borrowed from Russian раши́зм (rašízm) or Ukrainian раши́зм (rašýzm), blend of Ра́ша (Ráša, “Russia (chiefly derogatory)”) + фаши́зм (fašízm, “fascism”), the first an unadapted borrowing from English Russia. Compare Russian Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”) or Ukrainian Росі́я (Rosíja, “Russia”). By surface analysis, blend of Russia + fascism.

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