Stalinian

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adjective

Of or relating to Joseph Stalin, a Russian revolutionary and political leader.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

adjectiveStalinian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to Joseph Stalin, a Russian revolutionary and political leader.

    In its inner organisation, the role of its scientific committee is still close to the Stalinian model.

    2012, Herman Van Der Wusten, The Urban University and its Identity: Roots, Location, Roles, page 34
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    Of this we saw an example when dealing with the "political sections" in the rural districts. But the entire mass of soldiery was compelled to recognize in the course of daily life, the crying absurdity of the Stalinian "general aim."

    1935, Vladimir A. Lazarevskiĭ, Under the Bolshevik Uniform, page 300

    First, the working class has shown that it is against Bolshevism, whether Stalinian or Khrushchevian, that this regime is as much an enemy and oppressor of the workers as was that of the Tsars.

    1957, The Year Book of World Affairs, volume 11, page 46

    The three dispositions are Stalinian bureaucratic socialism, the adventure of the fascisms and the 'Western' deployment of parliamentarisms.

    1999, Alain Badiou, Manifesto for Philosophy, page 120

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Translations

Danish stalinsk
  • stalinskof or relating to Joseph Stalin
Russian ста́линский
  • ста́линский (stálinskij)of or relating to Joseph Stalin

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