Putinomania

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English

Etymology

From Putin +‎ -o- +‎ -mania.

Noun

Putinomania (uncountable)

  1. (politics) The fervent admiration of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), Russian politician who has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999.
    • 2005, “The Moment of Truth”, in Lilia Shevtsova, translated by Antonina W. Bouis, Putin's Russia, Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, →ISBN, page 123:
      Putinomania gradually became an element of Russian life. New textbooks were introduced in the schools of Saint Petersburg, Putin’s hometown, that described the childhood of Uttle Volodya Putin. That meant something to people who had learned to read with books about the childhood of litde Volodya Ulyanov (Lenin).
    • 2005, Boris Lanin, “Putin and Culture”, in Dale R. Herspring, editor, Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain, 2nd edition, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 77:
      The Putin cult is most visible in his native St. Petersburg. The city is in the vanguard of Putinomania. One local sculptor is preparing a bronze bust. [] The pompous celebrations in 2003 marking the 300th anniversaiy of the founding of the city threw oil on the flames of Putinomania.
    • 2014, Karen Dawisha, “The Founding of the Putin System”, in Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 310:
      Putinomania was stoked throughout the country, as state-owned media pictured Putin daily, meeting national and regional leaders and making an unprecedented number of foreign trips. Russia was once again a player on the international stage, to be respected and taken into account.