Meanings
comparative more Putinesque · superlative most Putinesque
- Reminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012.
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Appointed foreign minister in 2004, he has since then through successive US administrations developed a Putinesque revulsion for all western ideas, if not all western consumer durables. At one point, he said all the ills of the 20th century colonialism, two world wars and the cold war lay at the door of American arrogance.
2022 November 15, Patrick Wintour, “Sergei Lavrov, a fixture of Russian diplomacy facing his toughest test in Ukraine”, in The GuardianSynonyms: Putinian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveReminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012.
Origin
Translations
Finnish putinmainen
- putinmainenreminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin
French poutinesque
- poutinesquereminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin
Hungarian putyini
- putyinireminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin
Polish putinowski
- putinowskireminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin
Russian путинский
- путинский (putinskij)reminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin
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Putinesque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Putinesque
“Putinesque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Putinesque. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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