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zersetzend

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sn̩t/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Participle

zersetzend

  1. present participle of zersetzen

Adjective

zersetzend (strong nominative masculine singular zersetzender, not comparable)

  1. corrosive
  2. (figurative) subversive
    • 1936, Klaus Mann, Mephisto; republished as Robin Smyth, transl., Mephisto, 1977:
      Er gestand, daß er von den zersetzenden bolschewistischen Strömungen nicht unberührt geblieben sei und mit der »Linken« kokettiert habe.
      He admitted that he had not been untouched by the demoralizing Bolshevist currents of the age and had flirted with the Left.

Usage notes

See zersetzen.

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