Definition of Stalinize

1. Verb. Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies. "Russia was slowly stalinized after Lenin's death"

Exact synonyms: Stalinise
Generic synonyms: Transform, Transmute, Transubstantiate
Derivative terms: Stalinisation, Stalinization
Antonyms: Destalinize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stalinize

stale metaphor
staled
stalely
stalemate
stalemated
stalemates
stalemating
staleness
stalenesses
staler
stales
stalest
staling
stalinise
stalinize (current term)
stalk
stalk-eyed
stalk of epiglottis
stalkable
stalked
stalked hydatid
stalked puffball
stalkee
stalkees
stalker
stalkerazzi
stalkerish
stalkerlike
stalkers

Literary usage of Stalinize

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

1. Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern by Branko Lazitch (1986)
"... little about their respective roles in the Comintern.8 Those national communist parties which have refused to de-stalinize their history—like the French ..."

2. Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralist by Vic Campbell (1992)
"She explained how Nikita "The Shoe Pounder" Khrushchev had tried to de-stalinize the Soviet system in the and institute some reforms. ..."

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