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IRON CURTAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does iron curtain mean?
• IRON CURTAIN (noun)
The noun IRON CURTAIN has 1 sense:
1. an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries
Familiarity information: IRON CURTAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("iron curtain" is a kind of...):
ideological barrier (a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies)
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