Kremlinology en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English Kremlin Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English Kremlinology From Kremlin + -ology.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The study of the internal politics of the high members of the government of the USSR.
Like the Kremlinology of the cold war, the unpacking of Nasrallah’s careful ambiguities is as much art as science. Was he smiling more, some asked last week, as others sought to identify the audiences for different parts of his messaging.
2024 January 7, “Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran … how far could war in the Middle East spread?”, in the Guardian:
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(broadly, uncountable) The study of the internal politics of any powerful and secretive organization.
The reason Barbour's comment is meaningful is that he's saying Murdoch — and not Fox chief Roger Ailes, as some speculated — was the driving force behind the contribution. News Corp. has been at pains all along to stress that the money came from the parent company, not from the network, in part to damp down the perpetual reports of a rift between Murdoch and Ailes. At least some of Murdoch's family are at open war with Ailes, and the Kremlinology isn't the sort of thing a giant public company wants to encourage.
2010 September 2, Ben Smith, “Barbour called Murdoch (not Ailes)”, in Ben Smith Blog, Politico:Those in the party are also quick to dismiss the sometimes necessary Kremlinology needed to discern its strategic shifts.
2019 July 1, Harry McGee, Fiach Kelly, “Bruised Sinn Féin looks inward as it takes a dive in the May elections”, in The Irish Times:
Deriveds
Translations (15)
nn kremlologi (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · az kremlinologiya (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · sv kremlologi (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · da kremlologi (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · ka კრემლინოლოგია (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · pl kremlinologia (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · nb kremlologi (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · it cremlinologia (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · es kremlinología (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · fr kremlinologie (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · el σοβιετολογία (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · ru кремлено́лог (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · fi kremlologia (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · pl sowietologia (study of Soviet / Russian politics) · es sovietologia (study of Soviet / Russian politics)