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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 Stalinism
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 times
Familiarity information: STALINIST used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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.))
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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