Nehruvian

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adjective

Of or relating to Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964, and his policies.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectiveNehruvian (comparative more Nehruvian, superlative most Nehruvian)

comparative more Nehruvian · superlative most Nehruvian

  1. Of or relating to Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964, and his policies.First known use 20th c.

    ‘India's villages are the colonies of the city,’ Singh often complained about Nehruvian India.

    2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 400
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    Pakistan took a quite different route, pursuing a Western-oriented, free-market approach at a time when India was shackled by Nehruvian autarky, strict state controls and Soviet-style five-year plans.

    2023, Zareer Masani, “From Bengal to Bollywood”, in Literary Review, number 520

Origin

From Nehru + -v- + -ian.

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