dedovshchina en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /-dəf-/
- /dɪdəvˈʃːinə/
Etymology
From Russian дедовщи́на (dedovščína), literally “reign of old-timers”.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Hazing, the informal system of subjection and physical or sexual abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and contemporarily in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces.
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Translations (17)
it dedovščina (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · fr dedovchtchina (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · pl fala (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · lt dedovščina (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · ru дедовщи́на (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · uk дідівщи́на (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · be дзедаўшчы́на (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · pl diedowszczyna (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · cs dědovščina (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · ko 데도브시나 (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · pt dedovshchina (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · de Dedowschtschina (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · fi simputus (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · kk әлімжеттік (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · ja デドフシナ (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · es dedovshchina (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army) · nl dedovsjtsjina (bullying in the Soviet/Russian army)