обломовщина

Russian

Etymology

Обло́мов (Oblómov) + -щина (-ščina), after the nobleman who rarely leaves his bed in Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov (1859). Coined by Nikolay Dobrolyubov in an essay on that novel entitled «Что такое обломовщина?» (“What is Oblomovism?”), also published in 1859.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈbɫoməfɕːɪnə]

Noun

обло́мовщина • (oblómovščina) f inan (genitive обло́мовщины, nominative plural обло́мовщины, genitive plural обло́мовщин)

  1. Oblomovism (indolent apathy)

Declension

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