Sta·lin·ism (stä l -n z m)n. The bureaucratic, authoritarian exercise of state power and mechanistic application of Marxist-Leninist principles associated with Stalin. Sta lin·ist adj. & n.Sta lin·ize v. |
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| Verb | 1. | stalinize - transform in accordance with Stalin's policies; "Russia was slowly stalinized after Lenin's death" transform, transmute, transubstantiate - change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" destalinise, destalinize - counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism; "Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's" |
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