Stalinistn.adj.
/ˈstɑːlɪnɪst/ A. n.
A follower or supporter of Stalin or his policies.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > Marxism > Stalinism > adherent of
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Stalinoid1941
1928 Observer 22 Jan. 14/5 Open calculations measured in advance by the Stalinists.
1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth 113 The sectarian hatred between Stalinists, Trotskists, and Reformists still existed.
1955 Times 3 Aug. 9/6 Khrushchev, the reputed Stalinist, goes on a mission to China.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Stalin, his followers, or his policies.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [adjective] > relating to Marxism > relating to Stalinism
Stalinite1927
Stalinist1930
Stalinoid1941
Stalinesque1943
1930 Times 27 Mar. 13/3 The Stalinist group of Communist leaders.
1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads iii. 107 The papers were full of a Stalinist plot.
1974 tr. W. F. Wertheim Evol. & Revol. i. 70 In Stalinist Marxism..there was no sign whatever that the Russian way was considered to be a deviation from the usual succession of phases.
1977 Socialist Press 2 Mar. 11/4 Their series of Conferences..were ‘bureaucratically controlled’ as was that called by the Stalinist-led BLMC Combine Committee.
1978 I. B. Singer Shosha xiii. 229 The designation..as Fascist lackeys and agents of Hitler evoked protests even from sworn Stalinists.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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