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dedovshchina en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /-dəf-/
  • /dɪdəvˈʃːinə/

Etymology

From Russian дедовщи́на (dedovščína), literally “reign of old-timers”.

Meanings

  1. (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.

Relateds

ded · petukh

Synonyms

grandfatherism

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)