Stalinist

[stah-luh-nist]

adjective

1. of or relating to Joseph Stalin or Stalinism.

noun

1. an advocate or supporter of Stalin or Stalinism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stalinist¹

First recorded in 1925–30; Stalin + -ist

Example Sentences

In the waiting area, one club member discussed late-night drinking downtown, while two others discussed their views that progressives were the “Stalinists of the 21st century.”

From Salon

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

Musk, whose band of roving nerd-assassins is conducting something like a large-scale Stalinist show trial of the entire federal bureaucracy, called Navarro a “moron” who was “dumber than a sack of bricks.”

From Salon

He had been a Marine, a dedicated Cold Warrior and a Pentagon consultant advising the architects of the Vietnam War, accepting the premise that it might thwart a Stalinist dictatorship and promote democracy.

From Los Angeles Times

The liberal heroes we know by their initials—FDR, JFK, LBJ, and MLK—were high-dominance paradigms who defended democracy against racists, fascists and Stalinists.

From Salon