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de-Stalinize, v.|diːˈstɑːlɪnaɪz|
[f. de- II. 1 + Stalin (adopted name of Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (1879–1953), head of government of the Soviet Union) + -ize.]
intr. To counteract the excesses of Stalinism or the influence of Stalin, as by reversing or amending his policies, removing monuments to him, and renaming places named in his honour; also trans., to affect in some way by de-Staliniˈzation. So de-ˈStalinized ppl. a.; de-ˈStalinizing vbl. n.; de-ˈStalinizer.
1957Economist 28 Sept. 1013 The echoes of destalinisation and Hungary have reverberated among the Apennines. 1959Times 7 Feb. 7/6 The GUM department store..where..escalators carry hopeful consumers through six floors of de-Stalinized delight. 1960Guardian 20 Apr. 8/5 Russia decided to de-Stalinize in design. 1962Times 6 Feb. 15/1 The so-called de-Stalinization policy. 1962Listener 8 Mar. 404/1 Mr Barak's real offence was to be..too keen a de-Stalinizer in Czechoslovakia itself. 1963Daily Tel. 23 Sept. 12/2 The dismissal of the Prime Minister..and other ‘de-Stalinising’ changes. 1965Spectator 5 Mar. 285/1 This giant-size statue of Stalin, stationed at the end of the Volga Don Canal in Volgograd, was demolished in the wake of destalinisation. |