Ukronazism en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian укронаци́зм (ukronacízm), coined to translate the op-ed What Russia Should Do with Ukraine (2022). Analyzable as Ukronazi + -ism or Ukro- + Nazism.
Meanings
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(derogatory, offensive, uncountable) Anti-Russian sentiment in Ukraine, supposedly resembling or derived from neo-Nazism.
Ukronazism poses a much bigger threat to the world and Russia than the Hitler version of German Nazism.
2022 April 3, Timofey Sergeytsev, “What Russia Should Do with Ukraine”, in Mariia Kravchenko, transl., Medium, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:After the launch Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, claimed on Twitter that the weapon was a "present to Nato and all sponsors of Ukro-Nazism", in a reference to Russia's propaganda claims about the conflict in Ukraine.
2022 April 20, Charlie Parker, “Putin warns West with long-range Satan 2 missile”, in The Times, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2022:In Sergeitsev's hermetic logic, when contemporary Ukrainians look different from historical Banderites or Nazis, then that is precisely what makes 'Ukro-Nazism' so elusive and threatening for Russia.
2022 November 30, Boris Noordenbos, “Memory wars beyond the metaphor: Reflections on Russia's mnemonic propaganda”, in Andrew Hoskins, editor, Memory Studies, volume 15, number 6, SAGE Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukro-Nazism | alternative | lexicographic |