Glasnost is a policy of making a government more open and democratic. The word glasnost was originally used to describe the policies of President Gorbachev in the former Soviet Union in the 1980s.
glasnost in British English
(ˈɡlæsˌnɒst)
noun
the policy of public frankness and accountability developed in the former Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev
Word origin
C20: Russian, literally: openness
glasnost in American English
(ˈglɑsnɔst; ˈglɑsnoʊst)
noun
the Soviet policy of the 1980s of publicly acknowledging the nation's social and economic problems and of allowing open discussion of them
Word origin
Russ glasnost', opportunity to be heard
Examples of 'glasnost' in a sentence
glasnost
Harry had heard back in Langley of this perverse twist to glasnost.