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Scythism (iou)



Scythism noun. E17.
[Late Greek Skuthismos from Skuthes Scyth: see -ISM.]
The class or group of religions to which that of the Scythians belonged. rare. E17-E19.
[translation of Russian skifstvo.] A movement among Russian intellectuals soon after the Revolution of 1917 favouring peasant values associated with eastern Russia over those of western European civilization. E20.