Stalinist
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Stalinist
Example Sentences
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Marsh had written of Soviet officers knocking on citizens’ doors in pursuit of information for her young-adult novel about authoritarianism in Stalinist Ukraine, a finalist for the National Book Award.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Prokofiev spent years in Paris and in the U.S. as a modernist, but ultimately Mother Russia was too strong of a pull, and he returned despite the artistic restrictions of Stalinist Russia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
Propaganda is central to the Kim family’s Stalinist grip on power.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
Some see it as a throwback to the Stalinist era, when abortion was outlawed in 1936, and women ending unwanted pregnancies often turned to illegal and unsafe procedures.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
Internally, the ruling elite, headed by Enver Hoxha, maintained a rigid regime of the Stalinist type.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern
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