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Polish
Etymology
From za mordę (“by the mug/face”) + -yzm, thus essentially "grab-them-by-the-face-ism". Attested at least since the 1950s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaˈmɔr.dɘzm/
- Rhymes: -ɔrdɘzm
- Syllabification: za‧mor‧dyzm
Noun
zamordyzm m inan
- (informal, derogatory) government or management through strict discipline and severe punishment of dissent
1959, Artur Sandauer, Bez taryfy ulgowej, Czytelnik, page 8:Najtragiczniejsze jest jednak to, że wpływom zamordyzmu ulegli nie tylko ci, którzy go uprawiali, lecz także ci, którzy z nim walczyli.- The most tragic part of all of this is that not only those who did it fell victim to extreme rigor, but also those who fought with it.
2000, Marek Oramus, Rozmyślania nad tlenem: przygody człowieka czytającego, Solaris, page 252:Społeczeństwo trzymane jest w ryzach, zamordyzm pleni się obficie i jest to zamordyzm najwyższej próby, trochę tylko ustępujacy stalinizmowi, bo to wszak inna kultura.- Society is kept on the straight and narrow, strict discipline multiplies profusely and this is top-notch rigor, second only to Stalinism, because that is after all a different culture.
2011, Włodzimierz Dajcz, Odłamki czasu, page 203:Zaczynała się właśnie gomułkowska odwilż, która po latach zamordyzmu wyzwoliła niesłychany potencjał prywatnej inicjatywy gospodarczej.- the Gomułkian thaw was starting, which after years of rigor released the unheard o potential of the private sector.
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