Home › Words › B › brezhnevismbrezhnevismbrezhnevism means the philosophy and politics espoused by Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev.EtymologyFrom Brezhnev + -ism.nounThe philosophy and politics espoused by Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.brezhnevian 79% match — Of or pertaining to Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964. vs brezhnevism →brezhnevite 77% match — A supporter of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906–1982), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982. vs brezhnevism →beriaism 67% match — The philosophy and politics espoused by Lavrentiy Beria. vs brezhnevism →kremlinism 64% match — The policies and practices characteristic of the former Soviet Union. vs brezhnevism →andropovism 62% match — The philosophy and politics espoused by Yuri Andropov. vs brezhnevism →zhdanovism 58% match — The political and cultural doctrine of Andrei Zhdanov. vs brezhnevism →stalinism 57% match — The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. vs brezhnevism →brexitism 57% match — The political and economic philosophies associated with Brexit. vs brezhnevism →