nomenklatura

[ noh-muhn-klah-toor-uh ]

noun,plural no·men·kla·tu·ras.
  1. a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.

Origin of nomenklatura

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First recorded in 1980–85, nomenklatura is from the Russian word nomenklatúra literally, nomenclature

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nomenklatura

/ (ˌnəʊmɛnkləˈtʃuːrə) /


noun
  1. (formerly, in the USSR and E Europe) a list of individuals drawn up by the Communist Party from which were selected candidates for vacant senior positions in the state, party, and other important organizations

Origin of nomenklatura

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C20: Russian, from Latin nōmenclātūra list of names

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