пассионарий

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  • IPA(key): [pəsʲɪɐˈnarʲɪj]

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пассиона́рий (passionárijm anim (genitive пассиона́рия, nominative plural пассиона́рии, genitive plural пассиона́риев, relational adjective пассиона́рный)

  1. a human with a lot of inner energy, strong will and hot temperament
  2. the same as above, but set in a view of the controversial theory of ethnogenesis created by Lev Gumilev
  3. the term from this theory used in a political context
    • 1995 May 20, Yegor Letov, interview in Irkutsk:
      Идёт война между (...) пассионариями, на которых всё, собственно, и строится, (...), и конформистами.
      Idjót vojna meždu (...) passionarijami, na kotoryx vsjo, sobstvenno, i stroitsja, (...), i konformistami.
      It's going on a war between the passionarians, in fact upon whom everything builds, and the conformists.

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