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- [glaz-nost, glahz‐; Russian glahs-nuh st]
- /ˈglæz nɒst, ˈglɑz‐; Russian ˈglɑs nəst/
- /ˈɡlæsnast/
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- [glaz-nost, glahz‐; Russian glahs-nuh st]
- /ˈglæz nɒst, ˈglɑz‐; Russian ˈglɑs nəst/
Definitions of glasnost word
- noun glasnost the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. 1
- noun glasnost (in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985. 1
- noun glasnost Soviet policy of openness 1
- uncountable noun glasnost Glasnost is a policy of making a government more open and democratic. The word glasnost was originally used to describe the policies of President Gorbachev in the former Soviet Union in the 1980s. 0
- noun glasnost the policy of public frankness and accountability developed in the former Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev 0
- noun glasnost the Soviet policy of the 1980s of publicly acknowledging the nation's social and economic problems and of allowing open discussion of them 0
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Origin of glasnost
First appearance:
before 1980 One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1980-85, glasnost is from the Russian word glásnost' literally, publicity (taken to mean openness)
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Parts of speech for Glasnost
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exclamation
glasnost popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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noun glasnost
- simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- probity — integrity and uprightness; honesty.
- sincerity — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
Antonyms for glasnost
noun glasnost
- dishonesty — lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
- unfairness — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- guile — insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
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