Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stalinism

/ˈstɑː.lɪ.nɪ.zəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: stal-in-ism
IPA: /ˈstɑː.lɪ.nɪ.zəm/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

Uncountable

noun

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

Uncountable

noun

The political system that put into practice — by means of governance, implementing policies, enforcing laws, etc. — the communist philosophical theory of Stalin in the Soviet Union from the 1920s and in the Soviet satellite states from the late 1940s to Stalin's death in 1953.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There are no crime[s] in history more terrible than the Moscow Trials of Zinoviev-Kamenev, and the- of Pyatakov-Radek. These trials developed not from communism, not from socialism, but from Stalinism: that is from the irresponsible despotism of the bureaucracy over the people."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Stalin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Stalinism From Stalin + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Stalinisms (plural)

Phrases

neo-Stalinism

Frequently Paired Words

neo-Stalinism Stalinist

Synonyms

dictatorship absolutism authoritarianism caesarism despotism monocracy one-man rule shogunate totalitarianism tyranny

Questions

How do you pronounce stalinism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɑː.lɪ.nɪ.zəm/.
What does stalinism mean?: The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Where does stalinism come from?: Etymology tree English Stalin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Stalinism From Stalin + -ism.

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