Banderite

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English

Etymology

First attested in 1951. Borrowed from Ukrainian банде́рівець (bandérivecʹ) +‎ -ite, from the surname of Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist leader. Compare Russian банде́ровец (bandɛ́rovec).

Pronunciation

Noun

Banderite (plural Banderites)

  1. A member of, or one who subscribes to the ideas of, the political movement of Stepan Bandera.
    Synonyms: Banderist, Banderovite
    • 2004, Evgenii D. Moniushko, David M. Glantz, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, page 92:
      Shooting could not be avoided both times when we took into custody suspicious persons who turned out to be Banderites
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A nationalist Ukrainian.

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Adjective

Banderite (comparative more Banderite, superlative most Banderite)

  1. Of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement.
    Synonyms: Bandera, Banderist, Banderovite

Usage notes

  • Although the term is usually neutral in academic English, it is sometimes derogatory, especially in the context of the Soviet Union, Russia, or Eastern Ukraine.

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