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glasnosts

glasnosts is the plural of glasnost.

Meaning of glasnost

Noun

glasnost (countable and uncountable, plural glasnosts)

  1. (historical) 1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika
    • Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet...2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

Questions about glasnosts

What is glasnosts the plural of?
Glasnosts is the plural of glasnost.

Words near glasnosts in the dictionary

  1. glasma
  2. Glasnevin
  3. glasnost
  4. glasnostian
  5. glasnostic
  6. glasnosts
  7. glasnosty
  8. Glasper
  9. Glaspers
  10. glasphalt
  11. Glaspie

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