Kádár

American

[kah-dahr] / ˈkɑ dɑr /

noun

János 1912–89, Hungarian political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1956–88.

Kádár British

/ ˈkaːdaːr /

noun

János (ˈjaːnoʃ). 1912–89, Hungarian statesman; Communist prime minister of Hungary (1956–58; 1961–65) and first secretary of the Communist Party (1956–88)

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Example Sentences

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Under Kádár, Bibó was a place where dissenting ideas were somewhat protected.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

If these were compared to actions taken by Khrushchev, Deng Xiaoping, János Kádár, Alexander Dubček or any other communist reformer, the results would be laughable.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2016

After some debate, a conciliatory socialist party seeking to distance itself from Kádár granted Fidesz a role in the ceremony.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2016

Tamás Kádár, a 26-year-old Hungarian IT consultant living in Sweden, uses YouVersion to follow along in church and "whenever I need to look up something, especially with different translations, in different languages."

From The Verge • Dec. 20, 2015

Mr. Kádár raised the bird's-head top of his cane to his lips significantly.

From The Yellow Rose by J?kai, M?r

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