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Definition of Stalinism

1. Noun. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).

Definition of Stalinism

1. Noun. The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet Leader Josef Stalin. ¹

2. Noun. The act or state of living in accord with the communist philosophies of Stalin. ¹

3. Noun. Totalitarianism, by extension from the rigid governing methods of Stalin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Stalinism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lenin's Legacy: The Story of the Cpsu by Robert G. Wesson (1978)
"HIGH Stalinism The five years between victory in the war and about 1950, when the system was wearing down and the dictator was entering senility, ..."

2. Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe by Bertram David Wolfe, Robert Hessen (1990)
"Today we can only help the Soviet Union if we succeed in making clear that Stalinism is the very opposite of what we are aiming at and defending. ..."

3. The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations by Mary Kaldor, Gerard Holden, Richard A. Falk (1989)
"... Atlanticism - the specific variant of managed capitalism that came into being after the Second World War in the Atlantic region - and Stalinism, ..."

4. The Moral Universe by Tom Bentley, Daniel Stedman Jones (2001)
"The crudity of Stalinism', he argues, 'had its origins in the beliefs [Stalin held].' This claim is plausible enough, as is Glover's reference to 'the role ..."

5. Opposition and Dissent in Contemporary China by Peter R. Moody (1977)
"Some, particularly Western radicals, seem to identify this tendency with Stalinism, focusing on its stress on bureaucracy, material incentives, expertise, ..."

6. The Forces of Freedom in Spain, 1974-1979: A Personal Account by Samuel D. Eaton (1981)
"Carrillo criticizes Stalinism severely. He calls it "totalitarian socialism," with serious perversions through police repression, a large military ..."

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