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stalinization

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The process of stalinizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • many Hungarians refused to take part in the Stalinization of their country

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Stalinisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social process

History

Etymology

From Stalin + -ization.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: сталініза́цыя (stalinizácyja) — the process of stalinizing
  • Bulgarian: сталиниза́ция (stalinizácija) — the process of stalinizing
  • Czech: stalinizace — the process of stalinizing
  • French: stalinisation — the process of stalinizing
  • Georgian: სტალინიზაცია (sṭalinizacia) — the process of stalinizing
  • German: Stalinisierung — the process of stalinizing
  • Polish: stalinizacja — the process of stalinizing
  • Russian: сталиниза́ция (stalinizácija) — the process of stalinizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: стаљиниза́ција — the process of stalinizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: staljinizácija — the process of stalinizing
  • Slovak: stalinizácia — the process of stalinizing
  • Ukrainian: сталініза́ція (stalinizácija) — the process of stalinizing