Stalinian

English

Etymology

Stalin +‎ -ian

Adjective

Stalinian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Joseph Stalin, a Russian revolutionary and political leader.
   • 1935, Vladimir A. Lazarevskiĭ, Under the Bolshevik Uniform, page 300:

     Of this we saw an example when dealing with the "political sections" in the rural districts. But the entire mass of soldiery was compelled to recognize in the course of daily life, the crying absurdity of the Stalinian "general aim."

   • 1957, The Year Book of World Affairs‎^[1], volume 11, page 46:

     First, the working class has shown that it is against Bolshevism, whether Stalinian or Khrushchevian, that this regime is as much an enemy and oppressor of the workers as was that of the Tsars.

   • 1999, Alain Badiou, Manifesto for Philosophy‎^[2], page 120:

     The three dispositions are Stalinian bureaucratic socialism, the adventure of the fascisms and the 'Western' deployment of parliamentarisms.

   • 2012, Herman Van Der Wusten, The Urban University and its Identity: Roots, Location, Roles‎^[3], page 34:

     In its inner organisation, the role of its scientific committee is still close to the Stalinian model.

Translations

of or relating to Joseph Stalin

• Danish: stalinsk
• Russian: ста́линский (ru) (stálinskij)

Anagrams

• natalisin