Literally, "publicity"

• Public policy initiated in the 1980's
• Gorbachev's first lass not affected by his policy
• 1980s social policy
• Gorbachev's policy of openness
• Gorbachev's policy

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Glasnost is the second full-length album by Nottingham alternative metal band illuminatus . The album was released through Headroom Records on February 7, 2011. All songs were written by illuminatus, with all lyrics by Julio Taylor.

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n. (context now historical English) 1980s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1972 (in reference to a letter of 1969 by Solzhenitsyn), from Russian glasnost "openness to public scrutiny," literally "publicity, fact of being public," ultimately from Old Church Slavonic glasu "voice," from PIE *gal-so- , from root *gal- (2) "to call, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Above all, though, glasnost and greater contact with the West have brought about a faitaccompli. ▪ Enter glasnost and perestroika, along with the issues of determining where they would lead, and how fast. ▪ Gorbachev was eager ...