Đilasism arose as a break from Titoism pursued by the Yugoslav government of Josip Broz Tito.
[1] Đilas published articles in Borba in 1950, collectively titled Savremene teme ("Modern topics"), expressing his ideas on the socialist path of Yugoslavia and his criticisms of the Soviet Union.
[4] Several members of the Central Committee of the SKJ were in agreement with Đilas' ideas, and during later political investigations one even confessed that he had "written an article propagating Djilasism.
[5] The word was often used as pejorative, including by Tito, while Đilas himself personally denied that such an ideology existed.
[6] Several publications were suppressed and journalists arrested on the grounds that they were "Đilasist".