Stalinist

American  

[stah-luh-nist] / ˈstɑ lə nɪst /

adjective

1. of or relating to Joseph Stalin or Stalinism.

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noun

1. an advocate or supporter of Stalin or Stalinism.

Etymology

Origin of Stalinist

First recorded in 1925–30; Stalin + -ist

Example Sentences

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Stalinist

Marsh had written of Soviet officers knocking on citizens’ doors in pursuit of information for her young-adult novel about authoritarianism in Stalinist Ukraine, a finalist for the National Book Award.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Prokofiev spent years in Paris and in the U.S. as a modernist, but ultimately Mother Russia was too strong of a pull, and he returned despite the artistic restrictions of Stalinist Russia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

Some see it as a throwback to the Stalinist era, when abortion was outlawed in 1936, and women ending unwanted pregnancies often turned to illegal and unsafe procedures.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

But by the time of Mikhailov’s youth, socialist realism had become the only permitted style, and imagery of the revolution had decayed into Stalinist kitsch.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

Although much of the architecture imitates the colossal style of Stalinist work, some of it is of high artistic quality and imagination.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.