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intelligentsia Wiktionary
The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
zek Wiktionary
A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.
ka Wiktionary
A spiritual part of the soul in Egyptian mythology, which survived after death.
Kadet Wiktionary
A member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of the Russian Empire.
tokamak Wiktionary
A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research in which plasma is magnetically confined.
anti-Semitism Wiktionary
Prejudice, discrimination, hostility or political or religious opposition directed against ethnic or religious Jews or against Judaism; antijudaism; judeophobia.
labour aristocracy Wiktionary
Segment of the working class that enjoys a relatively privileged position compared to the rest of the working class as a result of higher salaries, better working conditions, etc., and which can lead them to have different interests and perspectives even though they continue to b
soviet Wiktionary
A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.
investigatress Wiktionary
A female investigator.
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