долбославие

Russian

Etymology

From долби́ть (dolbítʹ, “to knock, to fuck up”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ сла́ва (sláva, “glory, glorification; (general) opinion”) +‎ -ие (-ije).

A pun on долбоёб (dolbojób, “idiot”) and правосла́вие (pravoslávije, “Orthodoxy”), as the latter was used by some Slavic neopagan groups as the name for their religion. The word may also be derived from "Dobroslav" (Добросла́в (Dobrosláv), the chosen religious name for Alexey Dobrovolsky, a notable leader of a neopagan nationalist group in Russia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

долбосла́вие • (dolboslávije) n inan (genitive долбосла́вия, uncountable)

1. (derogatory, Internet slang, paganism) Slavic neopaganism.

Declension

Synonyms

• роднове́рие (rodnovérije) (autonym for Slavic neopagans)
• неоязы́чество (neojazýčestvo)
• долбоверие (dolboverije), ебичество (jebičestvo), говнове́рие (govnovérije), херосла́вие (xeroslávije) (Internet slang, derogatory terms for Slavic neopaganism)

Related terms

• долбосла́в (dolbosláv, “a Slavic pagan”) (online slang, rare)