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Decembrist

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Examples

  • 2003, Catherine O'Neil, With Shakespeare's Eyes: Pushkin's Creative Appropriation of Shakespeare, University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses, page 81, Many of the Decembrists listed Pushkin's poetry as a source for their "free-thinking," and there were reports of frightened people (Pushkin himself was one of them) hastily burning unfinished poems that had circulated in manuscript.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: decabrista — derived from the Decembrists
  • Finnish: dekabristi- — derived from the Decembrists
  • French: décembriste — derived from the Decembrists
  • Italian: decabrista — derived from the Decembrists
  • Polish: dekabrystowski — derived from the Decembrists
  • Russian: декабри́стский (dekabrístskij) — derived from the Decembrists
  • Spanish: decembrista — derived from the Decembrists
  • Arabic: دِيسَمْبَرِيّ (dīsambariyy) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Arabic: دِيسَمْبَرِيَّة (dīsambariyya) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Belarusian: дзекабры́ст (dzjekabrýst) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Belarusian: дзекабры́стка (dzjekabrýstka) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Catalan: decabrista — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十二月黨人 /十二月党人 (shí'èryuèdǎngrén) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Czech: děkabrista — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Czech: děkabristka — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Finnish: dekabristi — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • French: décembriste — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • German: Dekabrist — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • German: Dekabristin — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Hebrew: דֶקַבְּרִיסְטִ (dekabríst) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Italian: decabrista — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Japanese: デカブリスト (dekaburisuto) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Korean: 데카브리스트 (dekabeuriseuteu) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Persian: دسامبریست (desâmbrist) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Polish: dekabrysta — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Polish: dekabrystka — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Romanian: decembrist — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Romanian: decembriști — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Russian: декабри́ст (dekabríst) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Russian: декабри́стка (dekabrístka) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Slovak: dekabrista — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Slovak: dekabristka — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Spanish: decembrista — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Swedish: dekabrist — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Swedish: decemberman — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Turkish: aralıkçı — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Ukrainian: декабри́ст (dekabrýst) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt
  • Ukrainian: декабри́стка (dekabrýstka) — participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt