Stalinist
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Stalinist
Example Sentences
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The former Stalinist state offers a special visa allowing U.S. citizens to live and work there, with no tax on foreign income for a year, no questions asked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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
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
On October 23, 1956, students marched through the streets of Budapest, Hungary, demanding among other things the removal of Stalinist symbols, improvements in wages, economic reforms, and the removal of Soviet troops from the country.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The manner and form of internal control in Romania remained repressive and essentially Stalinist; only minor liberalizing changes took place over the next several years.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.
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