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Stalin-esque

Stalin-esque is the alternative form of Stalinesque.

Meaning of Stalinesque

Adjective

Stalinesque (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.
    • A group of friends becomes a cast of characters, strip-mines lives and relationships for content and, in the process, turns into a corporation, with payroll to process and liabilities to consider. (It’s entirely possible that the Stalinesque removal of Fulmer from certain videos is rooted in legal...2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine

Forms of Stalin-esque

comparativemore Stalin-esque
superlativemost Stalin-esque

Questions about Stalin-esque

What is Stalin-esque the alternative form of?
Stalin-esque is the alternative form of Stalinesque.

Words near Stalin-esque in the dictionary

  1. Stalin Peak
  2. Stalin's lawn
  3. Stalin's lawns
  4. Stalin's organ
  5. Stalin's organs
  6. Stalin-esque
  7. Stalinabad
  8. Stalinesque
  9. staling
  10. Stalingrad
  11. Stalinian

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