yeltsinism
Etymology
From Yeltsin + -ism.
yeltsinism means the political and economic policies of Boris Yeltsin, after he became the effective ruler of Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991; the outward appearance of democracy, while actually concentrating power in a form of authoritarianism Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
YELTSINISM — [Noun] The political and economic doctrine defined by Boris Yeltsin’s rule, characterized by tumultuous market liberalization, chaotic privatization, and a consequent concentration of power amid profound social dislocation. From the surname Yeltsin (of Boris Yeltsin) + the suffix -ism (denoting a distinctive practice, system, or philosophy). Unlike perestroika (a controlled restructuring of a still-coherent state) or Putinism (a deliberate reassertion of centralized control as its corrective), Yeltsinism is the unscripted doctrine of the rupture itself. It is the hollow clang of an auctioneer’s hammer selling a national industry for kopecks, the specific weight of a privatization voucher traded for a bottle of vodka, and the silhouette of an oligarch’s Mercedes navigating potholed streets under the unchanged gaze of Soviet-era statues—the vertiginous sound of a world being dismantled faster than a new one could be dreamed, leaving only the roaring, empty space where a superpower once stood.
noun
- the political and economic policies of Boris Yeltsin, after he became the effective ruler of Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991; the outward appearance of democracy, while actually concentrating power in a form of authoritarianism“It thus seems that the 'constitutional coup' brought about a 'Yeltsinism without Yeltsin', a surgical operation that aimed at prolonging the life of Yeltsinism, even if this entailed the removal of Yeltsin himself and the institution of measures against the corruption and nepotism that had gone beyond all limits in his immediate entourage.”
- the political and economic policies of Boris Yeltsin, after he became the effective ruler of Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991; the economic and social chaos as a result of the decline of the authority of the Russian state“All the while, a bogeyman served him well—not a return to communism, Yeltsin’s scarecrow, but the chaos of Yeltsinism.”