nomenklatura
UK/nɒˌmɛnkləˈtjʊəɹə/
nomenklatura noun: a list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union and other communist countries, filled by those appointed by the Party.
Noun
nomenklatura (plural nomenklaturas)
- A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union and other communist countries, filled by those appointed by the Party.
- The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite.
- [Gorbachev] did not champion perestroika and glasnost alone; much of the nomenklatura had decided that the Soviet economic and social model was dysfunctional, corrupt and endemically inefficient and had to change.2007 October 13, Will Hutton, “Will China's next leader be its Gorbachev?”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025
- Communism envisioned […] an Authority Ranking of political control (in theory, the dictatorship of the proletariat; in practice, a nomenklatura of commissars under a charismatic dictator).2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 764
nomenklatura meaning in Marathi
nomenklatura in Marathi
- list of posts in Soviet Union
- नोमेनक्लातुरा nomenklāturā
- a social or political elite class
- नोमेनक्लातुरा nomenklāturā
Forms of nomenklatura
| plural | nomenklaturas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | nomenclatura |
Origin of nomenklatura
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenclature.
Words formed from nomenklatura
Questions about nomenklatura
- What does nomenklatura mean?
- Nomenklatura means a list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union and other communist countries, filled by those appointed by the Party.
- What is nomenklatura in Marathi?
- Nomenklatura in Marathi is नोमेनक्लातुरा (nomenklāturā). See Nomenklatura meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is nomenklatura?
- Nomenklatura is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nomenklatura?
- Nomenklatura is pronounced /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtjʊəɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nomenklatura?
- The plural of nomenklatura is nomenklaturas.
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