Ukronazism

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Alternative forms

• Ukro-Nazism

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Укронацизм (Ukronacizm), coined to translate the 2022 op-ed What Russia Should Do with Ukraine. Analyzeable as Ukronazi +‎ -ism.

Noun

Ukronazism (uncountable)

1. (offensive, derogatory) Anti-Russian sentiment in Ukraine, supposedly resembling or derived from neo-Nazism.
   • 2022 April 3, Timofey Sergeytsev, “What Russia Should Do with Ukraine”, in Mariia Kravchenko, transl., Medium‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-11-03:

     Ukronazism poses a much bigger threat to the world and Russia than the Hitler version of German Nazism.

   • 2022 April 20, Charlie Parker, “Putin warns West with long-range Satan 2 missile”, in The Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-04-20:

     After the launch Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, claimed on Twitter that the weapon was a "present to Nato and all sponsors of Ukro-Nazism", in a reference to Russia's propaganda claims about the conflict in Ukraine.

   • 2022 November 30, Boris Noordenbos, “Memory wars beyond the metaphor: Reflections on Russia's mnemonic propaganda”, in Andrew Hoskins, editor, Memory Studies, volume 15, number 6, SAGE Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     In Sergeitsev's hermetic logic, when contemporary Ukrainians look different from historical Banderites or Nazis, then that is precisely what makes 'Ukro-Nazism' so elusive and threatening for Russia.

Coordinate terms

• Russophobia, Russophobic (dislike or hatred of Russia or Russians)