English Explanatory Dictionary

destalinization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process, begun by Nikita Khrushchev, of discrediting and then reforming the policies of Joseph Stalin.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

destalinization de-Stalinization destalinisation de-Stalinisation De-Stalinsation

Etymology

From de- + Stalin + -ization.

Related words

decommunization de-Maoization
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