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stalinist

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for stalinist.

Editorial note

But Homeland Security as a whole is just one mistake after another, old-school Stalinist wannabes trying to bring back the good old Cold War gravy train.

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Quick take

A person who accepts the philosophy of Stalinism.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stalinist gathered in one view.

noun

A person who accepts the philosophy of Stalinism.

adjective

Of or relating to Stalinism.

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin; Stalin-era.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stalinist.

noun

A person who accepts the philosophy of Stalinism.

adjective

Of or relating to Stalinism.

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin; Stalin-era.

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling Joseph Stalin, a Bolshevik revolutionary.

Example sentences

1

But Homeland Security as a whole is just one mistake after another, old-school Stalinist wannabes trying to bring back the good old Cold War gravy train.

2

Is it so difficult to see how a tribe can lead to fulfilled Stalinist dreams and even riots.

3

The core story is one of stalinist Faust but the whole arc is much better.

4

Are you referring to the Stalinist oppression that began with the Barcelona May Days in 1937, or to anarchist atrocities in the city before then?

5

Calling it Stalinist is just a way to demonize your opponents.

6

Not only did they ask them to change the name / verbiage; in a particularly Stalinist twist they asked them to delete it from the entire history.

7

Meanwhile the Chinese prop up the worst state in modernity which has become a mass murder state we have not seen since Stalinist times.

8

Damn, it's like stalinist times all over again...

9

Although no official change in policy took place, artists began to feel free to experiment in their work, with considerably less fear of repercussions than during the Stalinist period.

10

Talk to anyone who's lived in a totalitarian, Stalinist regime, or read things like Nineteen Eighty Four and you'll find this is a very unhealthy thing to do, mentally and emotionally.

Quote examples

1

Would this article have painted him in the same light if he said "National Socialist" instead of "Stalinist"?

2

I'm using "Stalinist" as shorthand for constantly changing party lines, which Stalin was infamous for, e.g.

3

Incidentally, the use upthread of the term "Stalinist" is telling.

4

Yes: if Yarvin had been a Stalinist, I do think we'd be having the same discussion, Yarvin's views seeming approximately as far to the right as "Stalinism" would put him to the left.

Proper noun examples

1

So China had no choice but to loosen economic regulation and tacitly reject orthodox Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist doctrine to catch up to Taiwan.

2

Today, it just seems like everyone wants to go Stalinist/Soviet big with everything.

3

I mean, if Yarvin were an avowed Stalinist, I hope we'd have the same arguments being made, which don't have much to do with his particular heterodoxy.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use stalinist in a sentence?

But Homeland Security as a whole is just one mistake after another, old-school Stalinist wannabes trying to bring back the good old Cold War gravy train.

What does stalinist mean?

A person who accepts the philosophy of Stalinism.

What part of speech is stalinist?

stalinist is commonly used as noun, adjective.