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Ceaușescu moments

Ceaușescu moments is the plural of Ceaușescu moment.

Meaning of Ceaușescu moment

Noun

Ceaușescu moment (plural Ceaușescu moments)

  1. A moment when a public figure is booed in public; (by extension) a moment when a person or regime previously considered unassailable suddenly looks vulnerable; the outbreak of a revolution.
    • One way or another, Mugabe will go and it will be sooner rather than later. It is a question for him: does he want to go like Ian Smith and continue to live in Harare or does he want a Ceausescu moment?2003 July 15, Boris Johnson Zimbabwe Hansard Vol. 409 Part 429 col. 6WH

Questions about Ceaușescu moments

What is Ceaușescu moments the plural of?
Ceaușescu moments is the plural of Ceaușescu moment.

Words near Ceaușescu moments in the dictionary

  1. Ceausescu
  2. Ceausescu moment
  3. Ceausescu moments
  4. Ceaușescu
  5. Ceaușescu moment
  6. Ceaușescu moments
  7. Ceaușescuism
  8. Ceaușescuist
  9. Ceaușescuists
  10. Ceaușescus
  11. Ceaușism

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