pidiessino

of or relating to the PDS (Italian Democratic Party of the Left)

adjective noun pee-dyehs-SEE-noh Rare

Origin: Derived from PDS (Partito Democratico della Sinistra), the Italian left-wing party active 1991–1998.

Usage Note

Pidiessino is a political demonym derived from the acronym PDS. It refers to members or supporters of the Partito Democratico della Sinistra, the main Italian centre-left party of the 1990s that later became the Democratici di Sinistra (DS). The word is now largely historical and appears mainly in journalism from that era or in retrospective political analysis.

Examples

"I dirigenti pidiessini hanno sostenuto la proposta."

Natural Translation

The PDS leaders supported the proposal.

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