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PASOK

PASOK proper noun: the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, a Greek political party.

Proper noun

PASOK

  1. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, a Greek political party.
    • One of the noticeable trends in European politics in the past decade has been the decline of the traditional center-left parties. This is described by the popular term "PASOKification," named after the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Greece and its epic fall from power in the 2010s.2019, Jacob S. Cox, “PASOKification: Fall of the European Center Left or a Transformation of the System”, in Governance: The Political Science Journal, volume 6, number 5
    • As such, the electoral collapse and marginalisation of PASOK was a prominent example of the general decline of major social-democratic parties in Western Europe, which was often accompanied by the emergence of nationalist, left-wing or right-wing parties. A trend labelled 'Pasokification'.2020, Manina Kakepaki & Fani Kountouri, editors, Parliamentary Elites in Transition, Palgrave Macmillan Press, page 131

Origin of PASOK

Borrowed from Greek ΠΑΣΟΚ (PASOK), from πανελλήνιο (panellínio, “panhellenic”) + σοσιαλιστικό (sosialistikó, “socialist”) + κίνημα (kínima, “movement”).

Words formed from PASOK

Questions about PASOK

What does PASOK mean?
PASOK means the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, a Greek political party.
What part of speech is PASOK?
PASOK is a proper noun.

Words near PASOK in the dictionary

  1. Paso Fino
  2. Paso Finos
  3. Paso Robles
  4. pasodoble
  5. pasodobles
  6. PASOK
  7. Pasokification
  8. Pasolinian
  9. Pasong Putik Proper
  10. Pasong Tamo
  11. Pasos

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