Ceauşescu

[chou-shes-koo]

noun

1. Nicolae 1918–89, Romanian political leader: president 1967–89.

Ceauşescu

/ tʃaʊˈʃɛskuː /

noun

1. Nicolae (ˌnɪkɒˈlaɪ). 1918–89, Romanian statesman; chairman of the state council (1967–89) and president of Romania (1974–89): deposed and executed

Example Sentences

Perhaps most notable is dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu’s overtly pronatalist Romania, which banned abortion and contraception, mandated gynecological exams to enforce this, jailed abortion providers and women who terminated pregnancies, and cultivated networks of snitches and spies to rat out anyone not following the rules.

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Birth rates under Ceauşescu did initially shoot up, at least until women inevitably figured out how to get around the system.

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It is there in his debut 12:08 East of Bucharest, with its radio show guests bickering about how the exact moment the news of Ceauşescu’s deposal was relayed to their backwater town is crucial to deciding whether it can be said an actual revolution took place there.

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In 2007, the drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, told a similar story about a woman seeking an illegal termination in Ceauşescu’s Romania.

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History’s club of barbarians includes Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, who planned the destruction of hundreds of his country’s picturesque villages and churches before he was deposed and executed in 1989.

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