anti-Stalinist
adjective
uk/ˌæn.tiˈstɑː.lɪn.ɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪˈstɑː.lɪn.ɪst/opposedto thepolitical,economic, andsocialbeliefsof theformerSovietleaderJoseph Stalin:
Her newcomradessharedher anti-Stalinistpolitics.
There were anti-Stalinistrevoltsin severalstates.
- He wasstridentlyanti-Stalinist.
- It was not the firsttimethepaperhadprintedarticlesthatreflectedan anti-Stalinistbias.
- MostWesterncriticswereunawareof the anti-Stalinistsubtexthiddenin thework.
International relations: international politics & government
- accession
- airspace
- allied
- Anglo-American
- bipolar
- bloc
- confederacy
- GATT
- Geneva Convention
- geopolitical
- geopolitics
- internationalism
- internationalize
- multilateral
- pariah
- perestroika
- political asylum
- power politics
- prefect
- the G8
anti-Stalinist
noun[C]
uk/ˌæn.tiˈstɑː.lɪn.ɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪˈstɑː.lɪn.ɪst/someone who wasopposedto thepolitical,economic, andsocialbeliefsof theformerSovietleaderJoseph Stalin:
He was anoutspokenanti-Stalinist.
- Theypronouncedthemselves anti-Stalinists.
- He wasarrestedaspartof Stalin'spurgeofsuspectedanti-Stalinists.
- Many of the mostoutspokenanti-Stalinists had beensympathizersof Trotskii.
International relations: international politics & government
- accession
- airspace
- allied
- Anglo-American
- bipolar
- bloc
- confederacy
- GATT
- Geneva Convention
- geopolitical
- geopolitics
- internationalism
- internationalize
- multilateral
- pariah
- perestroika
- political asylum
- power politics
- prefect
- the G8