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Literally, "publicity"
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glasnost
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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
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
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, ...
Usage examples of glasnost.
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.