noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈstɑː.lɪ.nɪ.zəm/
/ˈstæ.lɪ.nɪ.zəm/
/ˈstɑː.lə.nɪ.zəm/weak vowel merger
/ˈstæ.lə.nɪ.zəm/weak vowel merger
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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2
noun
Meaning 2
The act or state of living in accord with the communist philosophies of Stalin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The political system that put into practice — by means of governance, implementing policies, enforcing laws, etc. — the communist philosophical theory of Stalin in the Soviet Union from the 1920s and in the Soviet satellite states from the late 1940s to Stalin's death in 1953.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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4
noun
Meaning 4
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree English Stalin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Stalinism From Stalin + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
stalinizëm
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Arabic:
سْتَالِينِيَّة
(stālīniyya)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Armenian:
ստալինիզմ
(stalinizm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Azerbaijani:
stalinizm
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Belarusian:
сталіні́зм
(stalinízm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Breton:
stalinouriezh
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Bulgarian:
сталини́зъм
(stalinízǎm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Burmese:
စတာလင်စနစ်
(ca.talangca.nac)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Burmese:
စတာလင်ဝါဒ
(ca.talang-wada.)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Catalan:
estalinisme
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Chinese Mandarin:
斯大林主義 /斯大林主义
(sīdàlínzhǔyì)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Czech:
stalinismus
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Danish:
stalinisme
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Dutch:
stalinisme
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Esperanto:
stalinismo
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Estonian:
stalinism
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Finnish:
stalinismi
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
French:
stalinisme
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Georgian:
სტალინიზმი
(sṭalinizmi)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
German:
Stalinismus
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Greek:
σταλινισμός
(stalinismós)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Hebrew:
סְטָלִינִיזְם
(stalinízm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Hindi:
स्टालिनवाद
(sṭālinvād)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Hungarian:
sztálinizmus
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Icelandic:
stalínismi
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Indonesian:
stalinisme
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Italian:
stalinismo
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Japanese:
スターリニズム
(sutārinizumu)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Japanese:
スターリン主義
(sutārinshugi)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Kazakh:
сталинизм
(stalinizm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Khmer:
ស្តាលីននិយម
(staaliinniyum)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Korean:
스탈린주의
(seutallinjuui)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Kyrgyz:
сталинизм
(stalinizm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Lao:
ລັດທິສະຕາລິນ
(lat thi sa tā lin)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Latvian:
staļinisms
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Lithuanian:
stalinizmas
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Macedonian:
сталини́зам
(stalinízam)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Mongolian:
сталинизм
(stalinizm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Norwegian Bokmål:
stalinisme
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Persian:
استالینیسم
(estâlinism)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Persian:
استالینگرایی
(estâlin-garâyi)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Polish:
stalinizm
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Portuguese:
stalinismo
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Portuguese:
estalinismo
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Romanian:
stalinism
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Russian:
сталини́зм
(stalinízm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Serbo-Croatian:
стаљинѝзам
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Serbo-Croatian:
staljinìzam
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Slovak:
stalinizmus
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Slovene:
stalinizem
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Spanish:
estalinismo
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Swedish:
stalinism
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Tajik:
сталинизм
(stalinizm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Thai:
ลัทธิสตาลิน
(lát-tí-sà-dtaa-lin)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Turkish:
Stalinizm
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Turkish:
Stalincilik
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Turkmen:
stalinizm
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Ukrainian:
сталіні́зм
(stalinízm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Uzbek:
stalinizm
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa Xít Ta Lin
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
Yiddish:
סטאַליניזם
(stalinizm)
— Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin
