Putinology

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study or analysis of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), Russian politician, president of Russia. uncountable

    "Putin’s recent ubiquity has brought great prominence to the practice of Putinology. This enterprise – the production of commentary and analysis about Putin and his motivations, based on necessarily partial, incomplete and sometimes entirely false information – has existed as a distinct intellectual industry for over a decade."

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"Putin’s recent ubiquity has brought great prominence to the practice of Putinology. This enterprise – the production of commentary and analysis about Putin and his motivations, based on necessarily partial, incomplete and sometimes entirely false information – has existed as a distinct intellectual industry for over a decade."

Etymology

From Putin + -ology.

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