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Ukrainian activists propose to add the word “rashism” to the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries. This word vividly describes the Russian regime that started a bloody war against Ukraine.
A group of Kyiv creatives and communicators submitted official applications and applications to the Oxford and Cambridge English Dictionaries. They are being asked to add a new word to the dictionary that describes the “new fascism”, Channel 24 reports.
There is a Wikipedia article about rashism
Activists note that the word “rashism” is now actively used by the Ukrainian media and politicians, in particular, by President Volodymyr Zelensky. Now even this word is used by foreign media.
“Rashism” was talked about back in 2014, when Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea and started a war in Donbas. However, after February 24, 2022, this word describing the criminal Russian ideology became very popular.
Now there is even a whole Wikipedia article about rashism, which has been translated into 24 languages of the world. It describes the main ideas of rashism and the prerequisites for its emergence. The article contains many links to sources. Activists note that, proud of the victory over Nazism, Russia has actually become the revival of a criminal regime.
Now we, Ukrainians, propose to add the word “rashism” to the official dictionaries of the English language, which is the main language of international communication, to name the ideology and the powerful Russian regime that started the war and committed military crimes in Ukraine, Georgia, Chechnya and Syria, activists say.
The same letters with requests to officially add the word “rashism” to dictionaries will be sent to Ukrainian institutions and foreign journalists' unions. Activists are asked to actively use this word so that the audience understands the scale of this phenomenon.
Supporting the initiative is quite simple and anyone can do it using hashtags, using the hashtags #BrandNewFascism #Rashism #Ruscism.
Interesting! The Wikipedia article on Rashism goes into great detail about the background and reasons for the emergence of this regime and proves its similarity to the fascist and Nazi regimes. Read a detailed analysis of the article in our material.
