decembrist means according to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst).
adj
- According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.“The word civicism (grazhdanstvennost’) originated in the enlightenment ideal of civic Rome, perceptions of the poet as a patriotic citizen and son of the fatherland, and Decembrist dreams of a republic.”
noun
- A participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt.“Thus on the death of Alexander I in 1825 the succession of his brother Nicholas I was delayed and confused by doubts over the heir and was marked by the bloody mutinies of the Decembrists; Nicholas died during the Crimean War when a contemporary wrote that his only choice was between abdication and death; his son, Alexander II, was assassinated by terrorists a quarter of a century later.”