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A policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
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glasnost
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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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Glasnost refers to a 1980s Soviet policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities. Glasnost may also refer to: Glasnost (album) , a 2011 album by alternative metal band Illuminatus Glasnost The Game , ...
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, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context now historical English) 1980s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika
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First employed, in tandem with the less-easily defined term glasnost, which can mean either 'openness' or 'publicity' depending upon the context, by spokespersons for the Soviet Kremlin during the latter half of the twentieth century, Old Calendar, to specify a vast and pervasive liberalization of a heretofore strictly hierarchized Soviet government.