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Orbánist

Orbánist adjective: pertaining to or characteristic of Orbánism.

Adjective

Orbánist (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of Orbánism.
    • [Donald] Trump’s statements and policy documents like Project 2025 amount to a systematic Orbánist program for turning the government into an extension of his personal will.2024 November 2, Zack Beauchamp, “It’s not alarmist: A second Trump term really is an extinction-level threat to democracy”, in Vox
    • Critics of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán say EU-funded construction projects like these are a monument to the economic system his government has built over its 16 years in office. [see title]2026 April 11, Christian Edwards, “A $1.5 million roundabout from nowhere to nowhere shows the ‘Orbánist economy’”, in CNN

Noun

Orbánist (plural Orbánists)

  1. A fan or admirer of Hungarian politician Viktor Orbán; a supporter of Orbánism.
    • It is power that is the motivator here, and the best that could be said for these American Orbánists is that they believe that asserting an iron grip on American politics and culture would offer the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Every authoritarian movement has felt the same way.2019 June 14, Adam Serwer, “The Illiberal Right Throws a Tantrum”, in The Atlantic
    • Polls vary significantly, but most foreign observers expect the liberal opposition Tisza party, led by a sort of Hungarian Gavin Newsom by the name of Peter Magyar, to win the general election on April 12. Should Magyar carry the day, the Orbánists warn, the work of the past sixteen years will all...2026 March 22, Cockburn, “Last waltz for Trump’s Hungarian friends?”, in The Spectator

Forms of Orbánist

Adjective
alternative formOrbanist
Noun
pluralOrbánists

Origin of Orbánist

From Orbán + -ist.

Questions about Orbánist

What does Orbánist mean?
Orbánist means pertaining to or characteristic of Orbánism.
What part of speech is Orbánist?
Orbánist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Orbánist in the dictionary

  1. orbwebs
  2. orby
  3. Orbán
  4. Orbánian
  5. Orbánism
  6. Orbánist
  7. Orbánists
  8. Orbáns
  9. orc
  10. orca
  11. Orcadian

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