Stalinist
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Stalinist
Example Sentences
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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
“I learned the value of humor during the time of Stalinist terror,” he told Philip Roth in a 1980 interview that ran in The New York Times Book Review.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2023
The same kind of bureaucracy and the same secret police, functioning with the same supervision as in the Stalinist era in the Soviet Union, prevailed.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane
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