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Stalinesque

Stalinesque adjective: characteristic of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.

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 Stalinesque

alternative formStalin-esque

Origin of Stalinesque

From Stalin + -esque.

Questions about Stalinesque

What does Stalinesque mean?
Stalinesque means characteristic of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.
What part of speech is Stalinesque?
Stalinesque is an adjective.

Words near Stalinesque in the dictionary

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

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