Putinesque

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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 door of American arrogance."

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putinian

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"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 door of American arrogance."

Etymology

From Putin + -esque.

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