Stalinism
The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph StalinThe Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
» Stalinism is racism.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Stalinismus
сталини́змstalinízm
сталіні́змstalinízm
(uncountable, usually)The act or state of living in accord with the communist philosophies of Stalin.
(uncountable, usually)The political system that put into practice — by means of governance, implementing policies, enforcing laws, etc. — the communist philosophical theory of Stalin in the Soviet Union from the 1920s and in the Soviet satellite states from the late 1940s to Stalin's death in 1953.
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Examples
2 sentencesStalinism is racism.
The difference and struggle between the Taliban and Daesh are somewhat similar to the ones between Stalinism and Trotskyism.
Translations
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Forms
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.):dictatorshipabsolutismauthoritarianismCaesarismdespotismmonocracyone-man ruleshogunate
Lessons for this word
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