glasnost

See also: glásnost, glasnosť, głasnost, and Glasnost

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

Noun

glasnost (countable and uncountable, plural glasnosts)

1. (historical) 1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika
   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:

     Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet economy.

   • 2007 October 13, Will Hutton, “Will China's next leader be its Gorbachev?”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 January 2025:

     [Gorbachev] did not champion perestroika and glasnost alone; much of the nomenklatura had decided that the Soviet economic and social model was dysfunctional, corrupt and endemically inefficient and had to change.

Derived terms

• glasnostian
• glasnostic
• glasnosty

Translations

a policy of the Soviet Union

• Arabic: غْلَاسْنُوسْت m (ḡlasnust), جْلَاسْنُوسْت m (glasnust)
• Armenian: գլասնոստ (glasnost)
• Azerbaijani: aşkarlıq, qlasnost
• Belarusian: гало́снасць f (halósnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: гла́сност (bg) f (glásnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開放政策 / 开放政策 (kāifàng zhèngcè)

• Czech: glasnosť (cs) f
• Danish: glasnost
• Dutch: glasnost (nl)
• Estonian: glasnost (et)
• Finnish: glasnost (fi)
• French: glasnost (fr) f
• Galician: glasnost
• German: Glasnost (de) f
• Greek: γκλάσνοστ (el) f (gklásnost), γλάσνοστ (el) f (glásnost)
• Hebrew: גלאסנוסט (glasnost)
• Hungarian: glasznoszty (hu)
• Italian: glasnost (it)
• Japanese: グラスノスチ (gurasunosuchi)
• Kazakh: жариялық (jarıyalıq)
• Korean: 글라스노스트 (geullaseunoseuteu)
• Lithuanian: viešumas m (translation), glasnost (usually accompanied by translation)
• Luxembourgish: Glasnost
• Macedonian: гласност f (glasnost)
• Norwegian: glasnost
• Persian: گلاسنوست (glâsnost)
• Polish: głasnost (pl) f
• Portuguese: glasnost (pt) f
• Russian: гла́сность (ru) f (glásnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гласност f

  Latin: glasnost (sh) f

• Slovak: glasnosť (sk) f
• Spanish: glásnost (es) f
• Swedish: glasnost
• Turkish: glasnost (tr), açıklık (tr)
• Ukrainian: гла́сність (uk) f (hlásnistʹ)

See also

• perestroika

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гласность (glasnostʹ).

Proper noun

glasnost c (singular definite glasnosten, not used in plural form)

1. glasnost

Declension

Declension of glasnost

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	glasnost	glasnosten
genitive	glasnosts	glasnostens

References

• “glasnost” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑsnost/, [ˈɡlɑ̝s̠no̞s̠t]
• Rhymes: -ɑsnost
• Syllabification^(key): glas‧nost
• Hyphenation^(key): glas‧nost

Noun

glasnost

1. glasnost

Declension

Inflection of glasnost (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		glasnost	—
genitive		glasnostin	—
partitive		glasnostia	—
illative		glasnostiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		glasnost	—
accusative	nom.	glasnost	—
	gen.	glasnostin
genitive		glasnostin	—
partitive		glasnostia	—
inessive		glasnostissa	—
elative		glasnostista	—
illative		glasnostiin	—
adessive		glasnostilla	—
ablative		glasnostilta	—
allative		glasnostille	—
essive		glasnostina	—
translative		glasnostiksi	—
abessive		glasnostitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of glasnost (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative glasnostini — accusative nom. glasnostini — gen. glasnostini genitive glasnostini — partitive glasnostiani — inessive glasnostissani — elative glasnostistani — illative glasnostiini — adessive glasnostillani — ablative glasnostiltani — allative glasnostilleni — essive glasnostinani — translative glasnostikseni — abessive glasnostittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative glasnostisi — accusative nom. glasnostisi — gen. glasnostisi genitive glasnostisi — partitive glasnostiasi — inessive glasnostissasi — elative glasnostistasi — illative glasnostiisi — adessive glasnostillasi — ablative glasnostiltasi — allative glasnostillesi — essive glasnostinasi — translative glasnostiksesi — abessive glasnostittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative glasnostimme — accusative nom. glasnostimme — gen. glasnostimme genitive glasnostimme — partitive glasnostiamme — inessive glasnostissamme — elative glasnostistamme — illative glasnostiimme — adessive glasnostillamme — ablative glasnostiltamme — allative glasnostillemme — essive glasnostinamme — translative glasnostiksemme — abessive glasnostittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative glasnostinne — accusative nom. glasnostinne — gen. glasnostinne genitive glasnostinne — partitive glasnostianne — inessive glasnostissanne — elative glasnostistanne — illative glasnostiinne — adessive glasnostillanne — ablative glasnostiltanne — allative glasnostillenne — essive glasnostinanne — translative glasnostiksenne — abessive glasnostittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative glasnostinsa — accusative nom. glasnostinsa — gen. glasnostinsa genitive glasnostinsa — partitive glasnostiaan glasnostiansa — inessive glasnostissaan glasnostissansa — elative glasnostistaan glasnostistansa — illative glasnostiinsa — adessive glasnostillaan glasnostillansa — ablative glasnostiltaan glasnostiltansa — allative glasnostilleen glasnostillensa — essive glasnostinaan glasnostinansa — translative glasnostikseen glasnostiksensa — abessive glasnostittaan glasnostittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Further reading

• “glasnost”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡlas.ˈnɔst͡ʃ/, /ɡlas.ˈnɔst/

Noun

glasnost f or (rare) m (uncountable)

1. (historical) glasnost (policy of transparency of the Soviet Union)

See also

• perestroika

Further reading

• “glasnost”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “glasnost”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

Noun

glasnost n (uncountable)

1. glasnost

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	glasnost	glasnostul
genitive-dative	glasnost	glasnostului
vocative	glasnostule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From glȃs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlâsnoːst/
• Hyphenation: glas‧nost

Noun

glȁsnōst f (Cyrillic spelling гла̏сно̄ст)

1. (uncountable) loudness
2. (uncountable) glasnost

Declension

Declension of glasnost

	singular
nominative	glȁsnōst
genitive	glȁsnosti
dative	glasnosti
accusative	glasnost
vocative	glasnosti
locative	glasnosti
instrumental	glȁsnosti / glȁsnošću

References

• “glasnost”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫas.nɔst]
• Hyphenation: glas‧nost

Noun

glasnost (definite accusative glasnostu, plural glasnostlar)

1. glasnost

Declension

Declension of glasnost

singular plural nominative glasnost glasnostlar definite accusative glasnostu glasnostları dative glasnosta glasnostlara locative glasnostta glasnostlarda ablative glasnosttan glasnostlardan genitive glasnostun glasnostların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular glasnostum glasnostlarım 2nd singular glasnostun glasnostların 3rd singular glasnostu glasnostları 1st plural glasnostumuz glasnostlarımız 2nd plural glasnostunuz glasnostlarınız 3rd plural glasnostları glasnostları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular glasnostumu glasnostlarımı 2nd singular glasnostunu glasnostlarını 3rd singular glasnostunu glasnostlarını 1st plural glasnostumuzu glasnostlarımızı 2nd plural glasnostunuzu glasnostlarınızı 3rd plural glasnostlarını glasnostlarını dative singular plural 1st singular glasnostuma glasnostlarıma 2nd singular glasnostuna glasnostlarına 3rd singular glasnostuna glasnostlarına 1st plural glasnostumuza glasnostlarımıza 2nd plural glasnostunuza glasnostlarınıza 3rd plural glasnostlarına glasnostlarına locative singular plural 1st singular glasnostumda glasnostlarımda 2nd singular glasnostunda glasnostlarında 3rd singular glasnostunda glasnostlarında 1st plural glasnostumuzda glasnostlarımızda 2nd plural glasnostunuzda glasnostlarınızda 3rd plural glasnostlarında glasnostlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular glasnostumdan glasnostlarımdan 2nd singular glasnostundan glasnostlarından 3rd singular glasnostundan glasnostlarından 1st plural glasnostumuzdan glasnostlarımızdan 2nd plural glasnostunuzdan glasnostlarınızdan 3rd plural glasnostlarından glasnostlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular glasnostumun glasnostlarımın 2nd singular glasnostunun glasnostlarının 3rd singular glasnostunun glasnostlarının 1st plural glasnostumuzun glasnostlarımızın 2nd plural glasnostunuzun glasnostlarınızın 3rd plural glasnostlarının glasnostlarının