Weimarize

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English

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Etymology

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From Weimar +‎ -ize.

Verb

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Weimarize (third-person singular simple present Weimarizes, present participle Weimarizing, simple past and past participle Weimarized)

  1. To cause to undergo Weimarization.
    • 1995, Alexander Yanov, Weimar Russia: And what We Can Do about it, page 19:
      This is precisely how a newborn democracy gets "Weimarized."
    • 2000, Culture Wars - Volume 20, page 23:
      Thus, after its defeat in the Cold War, Russia was "Weimarized," and once again the unlearned history lessons repeat themselves!
    • 2001 June 6, Philip Allott, “Behind Voter Apathy, A Silent Revolution”, in The New York Times:
      The Weimarizing of Britain is unlikely to provoke a longing for a New Order led by a charismatic Leader.