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German
Etymology
Wut + Bürger, Wut (“rage, fury, wrath, temper, dander, frenzy, passion”) + Bürger (“citizen, burgher”). Cognate to English wode (“furious, fury”) + burgher (“citizen”).
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Wutbürger m (strong, genitive Wutbürgers, plural Wutbürger, feminine Wutbürgerin)
- (journalistic, derogatory) An angry or enraged citizen, especially one who feels politically marginalized.
2022 December 15, Hartmut Rosa, quotee, “Hartmut Rosa im Gespräch: Die Zukunft ist nicht zu sehen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Da hat sich auf allen Ebenen etwas geändert. Wir haben nur noch Wutbürger. Klimaleugner hassen Klimaaktivisten und andersrum.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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