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Putinesque

Putinesque adjective: reminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012.

Adjective

Putinesque (comparative more Putinesque, superlative most Putinesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012.
    • Appointed foreign minister in 2004, he has since then through successive US administrations developed a Putinesque revulsion for all western ideas, if not all western consumer durables. At one point, he said all the ills of the 20th century colonialism, two world wars and the cold war lay at the...2022 November 15, Patrick Wintour, “Sergei Lavrov, a fixture of Russian diplomacy facing his toughest test in Ukraine”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    Putinian

Synonyms of Putinesque

Forms of Putinesque

comparativemore Putinesque
superlativemost Putinesque

Origin of Putinesque

From Putin + -esque.

Questions about Putinesque

What does Putinesque mean?
Putinesque means reminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012.
What part of speech is Putinesque?
Putinesque is an adjective.

Words near Putinesque in the dictionary

  1. Putien
  2. Putikian
  3. Putin
  4. Putina
  5. Putineiu
  6. Putinesque
  7. Putingbato
  8. Putinian
  9. putinisation
  10. Putinise
  11. Putinised

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