dulszczyzna

See also: dulszczyzną

Polish

Etymology

From Dulska +‎ -yzna, from the last name of Aniela Dulska, the protagonist of Gabriela Zapolska's 1906 play The Morality of Mrs. Dulska.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dulˈʂt͡ʂɘz.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘzna
  • Syllabification: dul‧szczyz‧na

Noun

dulszczyzna f

  1. (literary, derogatory) a moral stance characterized by hypocrisy, obscurantism, and petit bourgeois conventionalism
    Hypernyms: dwulicowość, hipokryzja, kołtuneria, kołtuństwo, małomiasteczkowość

Declension

Declension of dulszczyzna
singular
nominative dulszczyzna
genitive dulszczyzny
dative dulszczyźnie
accusative dulszczyznę
instrumental dulszczyzną
locative dulszczyźnie
vocative dulszczyzno

Further reading

  • dulszczyzna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dulszczyzna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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