homo sovieticus

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === Homo sovieticus, Homo Sovieticus, homo Sovieticus === Etymology === First appears c. 1918 in the publication Collected Reprints by Asa Crawford Chandler, but popularized by the philosopher Alexander Zinoviev in the early 1980s; from Contemporary Latin homō sovieticus (“Soviet man”), a calque of colloquial Russian сове́тский челове́к (sovétskij čelovék) modelled on taxonomic names like Homo sapiens. === Pronunciation === Latin: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɔ.moː sɔ.wiˈɛ.t̪ɪ.kʊs] === Noun === homo sovieticus m (plural homines sovietici) (usually derogatory) A person molded by having lived in the Soviet Union or Eastern Bloc, variously characterized as passively conformist, apathetic, rootless, etc. Near-synonym: sovok ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== homo sovieticus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Contemporary Latin homo sovieticus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɔ.mɔ sɔˈvjɛ.ti.kus/ Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually] === Noun === homo sovieticus m pers homo sovieticus (person molded by having lived in the Soviet Union or Eastern Bloc, variously characterized as passively conformist, apathetic, rootless, etc.) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === homo sovieticus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN homo sovieticus in Polish dictionaries at PWN homo sovieticus in PWN's encyclopedia