socialist realism
A Stalinist idealization of the dictatorship of the proletariat applied to art that…A Stalinist idealization of the dictatorship of the proletariat applied to art that used realistic techniques to show the struggle for socialism in a positive and optimistic manner.
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Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A Stalinist idealization of the dictatorship of the proletariat applied to art that used realistic techniques to show the struggle for socialism in a positive and optimistic manner.
sozialistischer Realismus
соцреализмsocrealizm
соціалісти́чний реалі́змsocialistýčnyj realízm, соцреалі́змsocrealízm
- a style of realistic art that was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other socialist countries.
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