falandization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This is not even Falandization. This is a clear mockery of the law, Professor Falandysz himself said."
- "If the "falandization" had anyway meant obedience to the law, notwithstanding an unrestrained tendency to stretch it, the "jaskiernization" (named by the Minister of Justice in the leftist government of Oleksy, Jerzy Jaskiernia) meant politically biased justice involved in the fulfillment of partisan objectives and interests as well as in the defense of members of the ruling post-communist party who have broken the law."
- "Wałęsa's legal adviser Lech Falandysz, who was credited with the falandization principle that legal justification could always be found in the murk of the Little Constitution for all presidential actions, left the chancellery acrimoniously in March 1995."
- "The outcome appears to be that the chairperson is the real political leader with the aid of unenumerated powers stemming from the chief executive. The unenumerated powers in Poland may be illustrated by the act of falandization, or twisted interpretation, by the presidents in Poland."
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Falandyzacja. Referencing Polish lawyer Lech Falandysz, who in 1994 argued that the president had the right to dismiss two National Broadcasting Council members whom he had appointed, which was not explicitly allowed nor prohibited by the law.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Falandyzacja