kaczyzm

Polish

Etymology

From Kaczyński +‎ -yzm, after Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.t͡ʂɨzm/
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  • Rhymes: -at͡ʂɨzm
  • Syllabification: ka‧czyzm

Noun

kaczyzm m inan

  1. (derogatory, politics) political slogan for the period corresponding to the fifth term of the Sejm, which lasted from 19 October 2005 to 7 September 2007, during which the Kaczyński brothers had the largest influence in Poland

Usage notes

This term is used by the political opponents of the Law and Justice party to describe the negative aspects of its rule. It encompasses authoritarian tendencies, anti-intellectualism, increase of the political influence of ultraconservative Catholic clergy, and blaming a secretive conspiracy called układ (pact) for all failures.

Declension
Declension of kaczyzm
singular
nominative kaczyzm
genitive kaczyzmu
dative kaczyzmowi
accusative kaczyzm
instrumental kaczyzmem
locative kaczyzmie
vocative kaczyzmie

Further reading
  • kaczyzm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kaczyzm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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