| 单词 | de-stalinize |
| 释义 | de-Stalinize in British English or de-Stalinise (diːˈstɑːlɪˌnaɪz) verb (transitive) politics to eliminate the influence of Stalin from Krushschev de-stalinized the country. de-Stalinize in American English (diˈstɑːləˌnaiz, -ˈstælə-) (verb -ized, -izing) intransitive verb 1. (of a Communist country) to engage in de-Stalinization transitive verb Also: destalinize, esp Brit de-Stalinise, destalinise2. to subject to de-Stalinization Word origin [1955–60; de- + stalin + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cassette, geodesic dome, new wave, opioid, rite of passagede- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), or intensity (decompound); -ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)Definition of 'de-Stalinize' |
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