English Explanatory Dictionary

goulash communism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The form of communism in Hungary following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, involving economic reforms and reduced repression.

Word forms

goulash communism

Etymology

Calque of Hungarian gulyáskommunizmus, likening the mixed dish of goulash to the mixed (less pure and strict) form of communist ideology.

Synonyms

Kadarism
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