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stalinism
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stalinism, n.
1 the policies followed by Stalin in the government of the USSR, esp. centralization, totalitarianism, and the pursuit of socialism.
2 any rigid centralized authoritarian form of socialism.
1 the policies followed by Stalin in the government of the USSR, esp. centralization, totalitarianism, and the pursuit of socialism.
2 any rigid centralized authoritarian form of socialism.
Derivative
Stalinist n.
Etymology
J. V. Stalin (Dzhugashvili), Soviet statesman d. 1953
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