Stalinist
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Stalinist
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The former Stalinist state offers a special visa allowing U.S. citizens to live and work there, with no tax on foreign income for a year, no questions asked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
He’d co-written the script, focusing on the tragic love story between a writer in Stalinist Russia and his devoted paramour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
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
He has also been reading the book “Life and Fate,” by Vasily Grossman, set in Stalinist Russia during World War II.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
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 Violeta D. Baluyut
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