perestroika
/pɛɹ.ɪˈstɹɔɪ.kə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Uncountable
noun
The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
Uncountable
noun
A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet economy."
- "[Gorbachev] did not champion perestroika and glasnost alone; much of the nomenklatura had decided that the Soviet economic and social model was dysfunctional, corrupt and endemically inefficient and had to change."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɛɹ.ɪˈstɹɔɪ.kə/