Decembrist
Decembrist noun: a participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt.
Noun
Decembrist (plural Decembrists)
- A participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt.
- Thus on the death of Alexander I in 1825 the succession of his brother Nicholas I was delayed and confused by doubts over the heir and was marked by the bloody mutinies of the Decembrists; Nicholas died during the Crimean War when a contemporary wrote that his only choice was between abdication and...1960, J. P. T. Bury, editor, The New Cambridge Modern History, Volume 10: The Zenith of European Power, Cambridge University Press, page 358
- Many of the Decembrists listed Pushkin's poetry as a source for their "free-thinking," and there were reports of frightened people (Pushkin himself was one of them) hastily burning unfinished poems that had circulated in manuscript.2003, Catherine O'Neil, With Shakespeare's Eyes: Pushkin's Creative Appropriation of Shakespeare, University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses, page 81
- Synonyms:
- Dekabrist
Adjective
Decembrist (not comparable)
- According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.
- The word civicism (grazhdanstvennost’) originated in the enlightenment ideal of civic Rome, perceptions of the poet as a patriotic citizen and son of the fatherland, and Decembrist dreams of a republic.1994, Lauren G. Leighton, Esoteric Tradition in Russian Romantic Literature: Decembrism and Freemasonry, Penn State University Press, page 17
- War and Peace grew out of Tolstoy's attempts to write a Decembrist novel, a work that first began to take shape in October 1856, when "The Distant Field" was begun.2008, Kathryn B. Feuer, Tolstoy and the Genesis of War and Peace, Cornell University Press, page 206
Decembrist meaning in Arabic and Persian
Decembrist in Arabic
- participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
- دِيسَمْبَرِيّ dīsambariyy, دِيسَمْبَرِيَّة dīsambariyya
Decembrist in Persian
- participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
- دسامبریست desâmbrist
Examples of Decembrist in a sentence
- These liberal revolutionaries, who have gone down in history as the Decembrists, called on the army not to swear allegiance to Nicholas.2009, Frank L. Kidner, Maria Bucur, Ralph Mathisen, Sally McKee, Theodore R. Weeks, Making Europe: People, Politics, and Culture, Volume...
- Mariia Trubnikova was raised in an atmosphere of pious reverence for Decembrist ideals.2006, “Trubnikova, Mariia (1835-1897)”, in Francisca de Haan, Krasimira Daskalova, Anna Loutfi, editors, Biographical Dictionary of Women's...
Synonyms of Decembrist
Forms of Decembrist
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Origin of Decembrist
From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst).
Questions about Decembrist
- What does Decembrist mean?
- Decembrist means a participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt.
- What is Decembrist in Arabic?
- Decembrist in Arabic is دِيسَمْبَرِيّ (dīsambariyy), دِيسَمْبَرِيَّة (dīsambariyya). See Decembrist meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use Decembrist in a sentence?
- These liberal revolutionaries, who have gone down in history as the Decembrists, called on the army not to swear allegiance to Nicholas.
- What part of speech is Decembrist?
- Decembrist can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Decembrist?
- The plural of Decembrist is Decembrists.
Words near Decembrist in the dictionary
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