Standard Lemma guide

pan-post-Soviet

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˌpæn(ˌ)pəʊstˈsəʊvi.ət/
  • UK: /ˌpæn(ˌ)pəʊstˈsɒvi.ət/
  • UK: /ˌpæn(ˌ)pəʊstˈsɒv.jət/
  • US: /ˌpæn(ˌ)poʊstˈsoʊvi.ət/
  • US: /ˌpæn(ˌ)poʊstˈsoʊvi.ɛt/
  • rhymes with -əʊviət
  • rhymes with -ɒviət
  • rhymes with -ɒvjət
  • rhymes with -əʊviɛt

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adj

Meaning 1

Spanning all or most of the region which was once part of the Soviet Union, especially in reference to the post-Soviet countries (countries which were once part of the Soviet Union).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: political-science, social-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pan- + post-Soviet (“relating to former members of the Soviet Union”), as an extension of pan-Soviet (“spanning the Soviet Union”) by analogy.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Russian: общепостсове́тский (obščepostsovétskij) — spanning all of the post-Soviet region or countries