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Get to know Stalinism better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like dictatorship or autocracy.

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Stalinism meaning

  1. The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
  2. The act or state of living in accord with the communist philosophies of Stalin.
  3. 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.

Synonyms of Stalinism

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

Related words

Other words often associated with Stalinism or its synonyms:

dominance ascendence ascendance control ascendency ideology ascendancy independence autarky independency

Using Stalinism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. | The act or state of living in accord with the communist philosophies of Stalin. | 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.
  • Useful related words include: dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, totalitarianism.
  • In the example corpus, stalinism often appears in combinations such as: stalinism and, stalinism as, of stalinism.

Context around Stalinism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

regarded 1× term 1× pamphlet 1× nazism 1× shameless 1× schism 1× zombie 1× soviet 1× totalitarian 1× particularly 1×

Often after:

trotsky 1× abandoned 1×

Sentence patterns with Stalinism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

adhered to stalinism abandoned it 1× and particularly stalinism 1× and zombie stalinism has been 1× bureaucratic totalitarian stalinism or social 1× call it stalinism and rather 1× collapse of stalinism in russia 1× deems shameless stalinism 1× did for stalinism as far 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anarchists are critical 1× both have seen 1× consequently some of 1× east germany s 1× i wouldn t 1× in doing so 1×

Common sentence endings:

american intellectuals 1983 1× and islamic fundamentalism 1× and particularly stalinism 1× been laid bare 1× could be blamed 1× deems shameless stalinism 1×

Words around Stalinism

Just before it in the word index:

stalinisation 2 stalingrad 55 stalin 643 stalham 3 stalfos 2 staleys 3

Just after it in the word index:

stalinist 67 stalinists 10 stalinization 3 stalinsky 2 stalions 2 stalk 155

Similar in corpus frequency:

aare 29 aarti 29 abl 29 academician 29 acquaint 29 adegboyega 29

Corpus analysis for Stalinism

  • In this selection, "stalinism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, regarded, term, pamphlet, trotsky and abandoned stand out and add context to how "stalinism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include adhered to stalinism abandoned it and and particularly stalinism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "stalinism" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with stalinism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

That did for Stalinism as far as Sorley was concerned. (10 words)

East Germany's culture was shaped by Communism and particularly Stalinism. (11 words)

Millions were sacrificed on the altars of Nazism, Stalinism and Islamic fundamentalism. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Stalinism has been considered by some reviewers as a " Red fascism ". citation Though fascist regimes were ideologically opposed to the Soviet Union, some of them positively regarded Stalinism as evolving Bolshevism into a form of fascism. (36 words)

Such talk was commonplace a decade ago, but has receded as the manifest absurdity of an anti-American axis of evil composed of the disparate forces of religious rule and zombie Stalinism has been laid bare. (36 words)

Rather, it reflects a new stage in the crisis of Soviet Stalinism, in which the objective conditions are ripening for political revolution to overthrow the bureaucracy and restore the role of the working class. (34 words)

Question examples

Now, if you can’t have an opinion about whatever, the press included, and express it, who talks about Stalinism? (20 words)

Example sentences (20)

Stalinism has been considered by some reviewers as a " Red fascism ". citation Though fascist regimes were ideologically opposed to the Soviet Union, some of them positively regarded Stalinism as evolving Bolshevism into a form of fascism.

The term "Stalinism" however was in use as early as 1937 when Leon Trotsky wrote his pamphlet "Stalinism and Bolshevism".

Both have seen the highest level of industrial action since the collapse of Stalinism in Russia and Eastern Europe in the early 1990s.

I wouldn't even call it Stalinism and rather go back to the Mongol period.

Millions were sacrificed on the altars of Nazism, Stalinism and Islamic fundamentalism.

One is the opportunity Anthony Albanese has opened up with his eager dismissal of break-up powers for supermarkets — something the prime minister deems shameless Stalinism.

That did for Stalinism as far as Sorley was concerned.

William O’Neill provides a short course on this aspect of Wallace’s foolishness in Chapter VI of A Better World: The Great Schism: Stalinism and American Intellectuals (1983).

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Such talk was commonplace a decade ago, but has receded as the manifest absurdity of an anti-American axis of evil composed of the disparate forces of religious rule and zombie Stalinism has been laid bare.

Now, if you can’t have an opinion about whatever, the press included, and express it, who talks about Stalinism?

Rather, it reflects a new stage in the crisis of Soviet Stalinism, in which the objective conditions are ripening for political revolution to overthrow the bureaucracy and restore the role of the working class.

The main trick is to equate socialism either with bureaucratic-totalitarian Stalinism or social-democratic reformism.

We can see the pernicious role played by the methods of Stalinism and identity politics in the movement.

After he was exiled and politically marginalised by Stalinism, Trotsky continued to argue for a united front against fascism in Germany and Spain.

Anarchists are critical of the statist, totalitarian nature of Stalinism, as well as its cult of personality around Stalin (and subsequent leaders seen by anarchists as Stalinists, such as Mao).

Consequently, some of the world's Communist parties, who previously adhered to Stalinism, abandoned it and, to a greater or lesser degree, adopted the positions of Khrushchev.

East Germany's culture was shaped by Communism and particularly Stalinism.

In doing so, some historians have tried to distance Stalinism from Leninism in order to undermine the Totalitarian view that the negative facets of Stalin (terror, etc.) were inherent in Communism from the start.

Political scientist J.S. Maloy states that ‘the twentieth century added Nazism and Stalinism to Jacobinism on the list of horrors for which Rousseau could be blamed.

Stalinism and Soviet Cinema, 77 It was a fantasy tale, but the moral of the story was that a better life comes from hard work.

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Common combinations with stalinism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "stalinism" in a sentence?
An example: "Stalinism has been considered by some reviewers as a " Red fascism ". citation Though fascist regimes were ideologically opposed to the Soviet Union, some of them positively regarded Stalinism as evolving Bolshevism into a form of fascism." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "stalinism" from authentic English texts.
What does "stalinism" mean?
Stalinism means: The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
What are synonyms of "stalinism"?
Common synonyms of "stalinism" include: dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, totalitarianism, shogunate, one-man rule, monocracy, despotism. Plus 4 more synonyms.
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