nomenklatura
noun
a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
nomenklaturas
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pluralof nomenklatura.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Most freedom fighters are assimilated and digested by the very establishment they fought against or as the founders of new, privileged nomenklaturas.
From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Samuel Vaknin
