Yeltsinian

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adjective

Of or relating to Boris Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Е́льцин; 1931–2007), Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.

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Meanings

adjectiveYeltsinian (comparative more Yeltsinian, superlative most Yeltsinian)

comparative more Yeltsinian · superlative most Yeltsinian

  1. Of or relating to Boris Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Е́льцин; 1931–2007), Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.

    It would be wholly misplaced to assess the Yeltsinian wager through the prism of our own Jeffersonian democracy.

    1992, Helen Purkitt, World politics, 92/93, page 73

Origin

From Yeltsin + -ian.

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Translations

Finnish jeltsiniläinen
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French eltsinien
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Italian eltsiniano
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Polish jelcynowski
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Russian ельцинский
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Cite this entry
APA

Yeltsinian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yeltsinian

MLA

“Yeltsinian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yeltsinian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yeltsinian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yeltsinian.

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