Orbánism

noun

The political philosophy associated with Viktor Orbán (born 1963), Hungarian politician and prime minister from 2010 to 2026.

Meanings

nounOrbánism (uncountable)

alternative Orbanism

  1. uncountablegovernmentThe political philosophy associated with Viktor Orbán (born 1963), Hungarian politician and prime minister from 2010 to 2026.

    Given the limited opportunities for democratic renewal within the Hungarian state after a half-decade of Orbánism and its destruction of independent institutions, Hungarians who want to restore democratic self-governance may need the help of others.

    2016, Bálint Magyar, Kim Lane Scheppele (foreword), “Foreword”, in Post-Communist Mafia State: The Case of Hungary, Budapest: Central European University Press, →ISBN, page xxiii
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    But in 2017 it certainly looks as if a crisis (or interconnected series of crises) of fairly large proportions has begun or is at least on the horizon: Brexit in England; Trumpism in the US; Putinism in Russia and Orbánism in Hungary; Erdoğanism in Turkey; a real crisis of identity and purpose with respect to the whole EU project; […]

    2018, Ronald Beiner, “How to Do Theory in Politically Treacherous Times”, in Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 129

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