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STALINISM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Stalinism mean?

• STALINISM (noun)
The noun STALINISM has 1 sense:

1. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Familiarity information: STALINISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• STALINISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

tyranny; totalitarianism; Stalinism; shogunate; one-man rule; monocracy; dictatorship; Caesarism; authoritarianism; despotism; absolutism

Hypernyms ("Stalinism" is a kind of...):

autarchy; autocracy (a political system governed by a single individual)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Stalinism"):

police state (a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police))

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