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Stalinian

Stalinian adjective: of or relating to Joseph Stalin, a Russian revolutionary and political leader.

Adjective

Stalinian (not comparable)

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

Examples of Stalinian in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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:

Origin of Stalinian

From Stalin + -ian.

Questions about Stalinian

What does Stalinian mean?
Stalinian means of or relating to Joseph Stalin, a Russian revolutionary and political leader.
How do you use Stalinian in a sentence?
The three dispositions are Stalinian bureaucratic socialism, the adventure of the fascisms and the 'Western' deployment of parliamentarisms.
What part of speech is Stalinian?
Stalinian is an adjective.

Words near Stalinian in the dictionary

  1. Stalin-esque
  2. Stalinabad
  3. Stalinesque
  4. staling
  5. Stalingrad
  6. Stalinian
  7. Stalinism
  8. Stalinisms
  9. Stalinist
  10. Stalinistic
  11. Stalinists

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