Orbánism

Noun

Orbánism (uncountable)

1. The political philosophy associated with Viktor Orbán (born 1963), Hungarian politician and prime minister from 2010 to 2026.
   • Given the limited opportunities for democratic renewal within the Hungarian state after a half-decade of Orbánism and its destruction of independent institutions, Hungarians who want to restore democratic self-governance may need the help of others.2016, Bálint Magyar, Kim Lane Scheppele (foreword), “Foreword”, in Post-Communist Mafia State: The Case of Hungary, Budapest: Central European University Press, →ISBN, page xxiii
   • But in 2017 it certainly looks as if a crisis (or interconnected series of crises) of fairly large proportions has begun or is at least on the horizon: Brexit in England; Trumpism in the US; Putinism in Russia and Orbánism in Hungary; Erdoğanism in Turkey; a real crisis of identity and purpose with...2018, Ronald Beiner, “How to Do Theory in Politically Treacherous Times”, in Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania...