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DESTALINISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does destalinisation mean? 

DESTALINISATION (noun)
  The noun DESTALINISATION has 1 sense:

1. social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honorplay

  Familiarity information: DESTALINISATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESTALINISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

de-Stalinisation; de-Stalinization; destalinisation; destalinization

Context example:

his statue was demolished as part of destalinization

Hypernyms ("destalinisation" is a kind of...):

social process (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)

Derivation:

destalinise (counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism)


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