DESTALINIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does destalinize mean? 

• DESTALINIZE (verb)
  The verb DESTALINIZE has 1 sense:

1. counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism

  Familiarity information: DESTALINIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESTALINIZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

destalinise; destalinize

Context example:

Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's

Hypernyms (to "destalinize" is one way to...):

transform; transmute; transubstantiate (change or alter in form, appearance, or nature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

stalinize (transform in accordance with Stalin's policies)

Derivation:

destalinization (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)