Meanings
adjectiveKemalist (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; following the ideals of Kemalism, including separation of the new Turkish state from its Ottoman predecessor and the embracement of Western-style democracy and secularism.
From successive crises in Crete and Cyprus over enosis (‘union’) with the Greek mainland to the great clash with Kemalist Turkey over Anatolia in the aftermath of the First World War, dreams of greater Greece have wrought untold havoc in the eastern Mediterranean.
1999 March, Sean McMeekin, “The Place that Launched a Thousand Ships”, in Literary Review
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Origin
From Kemal + -ist, after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan kemalista, kemalista
- kemalistafollowing Kemalism
- kemalistaone who follows Kemalism
French kémaliste, kémaliste
- kémalistefollowing Kemalism
- kémalisteone who follows Kemalism
German kemalistisch, Kemalist
- kemalistischfollowing Kemalism
- Kemalistone who follows Kemalism
- Kemalistinone who follows Kemalism
Polish kemalistyczny, kemalista
- kemalistycznyfollowing Kemalism
- kemalistaone who follows Kemalism
- kemalistkaone who follows Kemalism
Russian кемали́стский, кемали́ст
- кемали́стский (kemalístskij)following Kemalism
- кемали́ст (kemalíst)one who follows Kemalism
Turkish Kemalist, Atatürkçü
- Kemalistfollowing Kemalism
- Atatürkçüfollowing Kemalism
- Kemalistone who follows Kemalism
- Atatürkçüone who follows Kemalism
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APA
Kemalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kemalist
MLA
“Kemalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kemalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kemalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kemalist.
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