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STALINIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stalinist mean? 

STALINIST (noun)
  The noun STALINIST has 1 sense:

1. a follower of Stalin and Stalinismplay

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


STALINIST (adjective)
  The adjective STALINIST has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Joseph Stalin or his timesplay

  Familiarity information: STALINIST used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STALINIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A follower of Stalin and Stalinism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

Derivation:

Stalinism (a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.))


STALINIST (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Joseph Stalin or his times

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Stalin (Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953))


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