noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:G L AE1 S N AA0 S T
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CMU ARPABET 2:G L AO1 S T N OW2 S T
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CMU ARPABET 3:G L AO1 S N OW2 S T
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1
noun
Meaning 1
1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social policy
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
غْلَاسْنُوسْت
(ḡlasnust)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Arabic:
جْلَاسْنُوسْت
(glasnust)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Armenian:
գլասնոստ
(glasnost)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Azerbaijani:
aşkarlıq
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Azerbaijani:
qlasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Belarusian:
гало́снасць
(halósnascʹ)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Bulgarian:
гла́сност
(glásnost)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Chinese Mandarin:
開放政策 /开放政策
(kāifàng zhèngcè)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Czech:
glasnosť
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Danish:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Dutch:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Estonian:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Finnish:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
French:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Galician:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
German:
Glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Greek:
γκλάσνοστ
(gklásnost)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Greek:
γλάσνοστ
(glásnost)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Hebrew:
גלאסנוסט
(glasnost)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Hungarian:
glasznoszty
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Italian:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Japanese:
グラスノスチ
(gurasunosuchi)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Kazakh:
жариялық
(jariälyq)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Korean:
글라스노스트
(geullaseunoseuteu)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Lithuanian:
viešumas
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Luxembourgish:
Glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Macedonian:
гласност
(glasnost)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Norwegian:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Persian:
گلاسنوست
(glâsnost)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Polish:
głasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Portuguese:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Russian:
гла́сность
(glásnostʹ)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Serbo-Croatian:
гласност
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Serbo-Croatian:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Slovak:
glasnosť
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Spanish:
glásnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Swedish:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Turkish:
glasnost
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Turkish:
açıklık
— a policy of the Soviet Union
Ukrainian:
гла́сність
(hlásnistʹ)
— a policy of the Soviet Union
