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DESTALINIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does destalinization mean? 

DESTALINIZATION (noun)
  The noun DESTALINIZATION has 1 sense:

1. social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honorplay

  Familiarity information: DESTALINIZATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESTALINIZATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

de-Stalinisation; de-Stalinization; destalinisation; destalinization

Context example:

his statue was demolished as part of destalinization

Hypernyms ("destalinization" is a kind of...):

social process (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)

Derivation:

destalinize (counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism)


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