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Pasokification

Pasokification noun: the loss of the traditional support base of a dominant political party, often resulting in its marginalization or even collapse.

Noun

Pasokification (uncountable)

  1. The loss of the traditional support base of a dominant political party, often resulting in its marginalization or even collapse.
    • 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 Pasokification

From PASOK + -ification, after PASOK.

Questions about Pasokification

What does Pasokification mean?
Pasokification means the loss of the traditional support base of a dominant political party, often resulting in its marginalization or even collapse.
What part of speech is Pasokification?
Pasokification is a noun.

Words near Pasokification in the dictionary

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

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