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Kemalist

Kemalist adjective: of or pertaining to the ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; following the ideals of Kemalism, including separation of the new Turkish state from its Ottoman predecessor and the embracement of Western-style democracy and secularism.

Adjective

Kemalist (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; following the ideals of Kemalism, including separation of the new Turkish state from its Ottoman predecessor and the embracement of Western-style democracy and secularism.
    • From successive crises in Crete and Cyprus over enosis (‘union’) with the Greek mainland to the great clash with Kemalist Turkey over Anatolia in the aftermath of the First World War, dreams of greater Greece have wrought untold havoc in the eastern Mediterranean.1999 March, Sean McMeekin, “The Place that Launched a Thousand Ships”, in Literary Review

Noun

Kemalist (plural Kemalists)

  1. One who follows the ideals of Kemalism.

Forms of Kemalist

pluralKemalists

Origin of Kemalist

From Kemal + -ist, after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Questions about Kemalist

What does Kemalist mean?
Kemalist means of or pertaining to the ideology of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; following the ideals of Kemalism, including separation of the new Turkish state from its Ottoman predecessor and the embracement of Western-style democracy and secularism.
What part of speech is Kemalist?
Kemalist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Kemalist in the dictionary

  1. kelyphite
  2. kelyphites
  3. KEM
  4. Kemal
  5. Kemalism
  6. Kemalist
  7. Kemalists
  8. Kemaman
  9. kemanak
  10. kemancha
  11. kemanchas

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