Politburo
or Po·lit·bu·reau
[pol-it-byoo r-oh, poh-lit-, puh-lit-]
- (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
Show More
Origin of Politburo
< Russian politbyuró, shortening of politícheskoe byuró political bureau
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for politburo
Contemporary Examples
After a while, you start to realize that they were just tools used by the leaders and the Politburo.
Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives PutinMarlow Stern
October 9, 2014
The reason that our computers are built with a politburo architecture is that it is efficient at doing very boring tasks.
Zhou, a staunch supporter of Bo, was rumored to have designated Bo as his successor inside the Politburo Standing Committee.
These leaders, and others who questioned the Politburo's massive gamble are now in a position to gloat over being right.
Four of the seven Politburo Standing Committee members, including Xi, are princelings.
Historical Examples
The Politburo set the general policy guidelines and directives.
Area Handbook for AlbaniaEugene K. Keefe
Family connections played a key role in the composition of the Politburo in 1970.
Area Handbook for AlbaniaEugene K. Keefe
Similar family relationships existed between the other Politburo members.
Area Handbook for AlbaniaEugene K. Keefe
The commission's function was to elaborate the Politburo's directives on reforming the school system.
Area Handbook for AlbaniaEugene K. Keefe
The real source of all power was the Party, whose all-powerful Politburo was the country's top policymaking body.
Area Handbook for AlbaniaEugene K. Keefe
Politburo
- the executive and policy-making committee of a Communist Party
- the supreme policy-making authority in most Communist countries
Show More
Word Origin
C20: from Russian: contraction of Politicheskoe Buro political bureau
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for politburo
Politburo
n.
"highest policy-making committee of the U.S.S.R.," 1927, from Russian politbyuro, contracted from politicheskoe byuro "political bureau."
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
politburo
[(pol-it-byoor-oh, poh-lit-byoor-oh)]
A commonly used name for those who made the major governmental decisions in the former Soviet Union. A politburo, in general, is the chief committee of a communist party.
Show More
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.