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Titoist

Titoist

9.4
A person who supports the leader Josip Broz Tito and his political ideas, often opposing Soviet control
  • noun
  • /ˈtiːtoʊɪst/
  • Jargon
: titoísta
  • The Titoist movement in former Yugoslavia promoted a unique form of socialism that distanced itself from Soviet-style communism.

Examples

  • It was not, for the simple reason that the old Titoist order in Yugoslavia had irretrievably broken down.

    Academic text (1993)

  • This was a particular cause of worry for the army, a Titoist institution not at all keen on being divided into several stateless entities linked in some sort of loose confederation.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The new Serbian nationalism seemed to offer freedom from a Titoist Yugoslavia that had suppressed and manipulated the church and had discriminated against Serbs.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Many Titoists believe that the principles of self-management and decentralization are essential for a strong democracy.

  • As a Titoist, he advocated for non-alignment and a third way between capitalism and communism during the Cold War.

Surface Forms

Titoist singular
Titoists plural

Morphology

Titoist = Tito (transparent) = Tito + ist

The noun is a direct agentive formation from the name 'Tito' with the productive suffix '-ist' meaning 'supporter or follower of Tito'.

Etymology

Titoist is made from Tito and -ist, where -ist means 'a supporter' or 'a follower', just like in activist. So a Titoist is 'a supporter of Tito's ideas', often someone who wanted Yugoslavia to stay independent from Soviet control'.