Russia’s new state dictionary calls authoritarianism the ‘most effective’ form of government and bans the word ‘ass’
c/russia · u/Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org · 41 points
Russia introduced a new Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation, compiled at St. Petersburg State University and immediately added to the official list of normative dictionaries.
Some examples:
**authoritarianism** ... considered the most effective form of governance in difficult times for a country ...
**marriage** ... family union between a man and a woman ... same-sex marriage (a homosexual intimate union between a man and a man or a woman and a woman, condemned by the Russian Orthodox Church and not supported by the Russian state) ...
**enemy** ... One whom the sovereign authority has deemed hostile to the people, the government, or the state. An ideological enemy. A sworn enemy ...
**humanism** ... traditional Russian spiritual and moral value: a worldview based on the principles of the value of the human person, human dignity, respect for others, concern for their well-being, the right to freedom, equality ...
**life** ... traditional Russian spiritual and moral value: the period of a person’s existence from conception ...
**unity** ... unity of the system of public authority. The historical unity of Belarusians, Russians, and Ukrainians. The unity of the peoples of Russia (a traditional Russian spiritual and moral value) ...
**ideal** ... Moral ideals (a traditional Russian spiritual and moral value: high moral principles and convictions that inspire and guide a person toward goodness, justice, honesty, compassion, and other virtues, with strict rejection of destructive ideologies that allow immoral conduct, actions causing suffering, corruption, and other unlawful deeds) ...
**limitrophe** ... in 21st-century Europe: a state used as a buffer between Western Europe and Russia, which is politically, economically, and culturally incapable of being independent ...
**regime** ... set of political, economic, and social measures used by state authorities to govern society ... the Kyiv regime (in Ukraine since 2014: the established form of political rule, which poses a threat to the fundamental rights and interests of the Russian-speaking population) ...