nomenklatura
See also: nómenklatúra
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenclature.
Pronunciation
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Noun
nomenklatura (countable and uncountable, plural nomenklaturas)
- (now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]
- The people on such lists; by extension, any privileged class, a social or political elite. [from 20th c.]
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 764:
- Communism envisioned […] an Authority Ranking of political control (in theory, the dictatorship of the proletariat; in practice, a nomenklatura of commissars under a charismatic dictator).
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 764:
Translations
list of posts in Soviet Union
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Czech
Etymology
From Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”).
Noun
nomenklatura f
Related terms
- See nominace
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra). Doublet of nomenclatura.
Noun
nomenklatura f (plural nomenklature)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
nomenklatura m or n
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nomenklatúra f (Cyrillic spelling номенклату́ра)
Declension
Declension of nomenklatura
singular | |
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nominative | nomenklatura |
genitive | nomenklature |
dative | nomenklaturi |
accusative | nomenklaturu |
vocative | nomenklaturo |
locative | nomenklaturi |
instrumental | nomenklaturom |
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- en:Soviet Union
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