«засвидомичены»

English translation: made overly conscientious

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Russian term or phrase:«засвидомичены»
English translation:made overly conscientious
Entered by: Oleg Lozinskiy

15:56 Jan 20, 2015
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: «засвидомичены»
Добровольческие батальоны – это ни для кого не секрет – очень сильно «засвидомичены». Когда отбивали 32-й блокпост, то у одного пленного спросили, зачем он пришел сюда. Говорит, лучше пулю в лоб, чем семь лет в тюрьме сидеть.
Подробнее: http://vpk-news.ru/articles/23372
Harryl3
United States
Local time: 11:30
made overly conscientious
Explanation:
I.e. 'brainwashed'

«Свидомый» (саркастично, с политической коннотацией) вместо «сознательный» (об украинских патриотах).
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Украинизмы
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Oleg Lozinskiy
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:30
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Oleg, a million apologies for the delayed thanks for your super-timely response
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5patriotically conscious
Alexandra Liashchenko
3 +1made overly conscientious
Oleg Lozinskiy


  

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made overly conscientious


Explanation:
I.e. 'brainwashed'

«Свидомый» (саркастично, с политической коннотацией) вместо «сознательный» (об украинских патриотах).
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Украинизмы

Oleg Lozinskiy
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:30
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 56
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Oleg, a million apologies for the delayed thanks for your super-timely response

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patriotically conscious


Explanation:
'Patriotic' is a connotation here, I believe. As a variant, 'politically' can be used.

Alexandra Liashchenko
United States
Local time: 11:30
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 18
Notes to answerer
Asker: Alexandria, thank you so much for your very helpful explanation. I simply opted for Oleg's response since he was super-fast, and I needed the answer rather quickly. Many thanks once again. Apologies for my delay in thanking you.

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