Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brezhnevian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brezh-ne-vian
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964.

Etymology

From Brezhnev + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

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Questions

What does brezhnevian mean?
Of or pertaining to Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964.
Where does brezhnevian come from?
From Brezhnev + -ian.

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