stalinize

Sta·lin·ism  (stäl-nzm)

n.

The bureaucratic, authoritarian exercise of state power and mechanistic application of Marxist-Leninist principles associated with Stalin.

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Stalin·ist adj. & n.

Stalin·ize v.

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Verb

1.

stalinize - transform in accordance with Stalin's policies; "Russia was slowly stalinized after Lenin's death" stalinise 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"