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Sovietology

American  
[soh-vee-i-tol-uh-jee] / ˌsoʊ vi ɪˈtɒl ə dʒi /

noun

  1. Kremlinology.


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Etymology

Origin of Sovietology

First recorded in 1960–65; soviet + -o- + -logy

Example Sentences

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In addition to Sovietology, he became an expert on the twilight stage of the roughly 400-year period when Britain was part of the Roman Empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 4, 2015

After the author's twin brother Zhores, a distinguished biochemist and author, was exiled in 1973, he managed to send Roy from Britain scores of important works of Western Sovietology that were unavailable in Russia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old hands in Sovietology have never seen anything like it.

From Time Magazine Archive

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