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Soviet

[soh-vee-et, -it, soh-vee-et]

Origin

noun

(in the Soviet Union).

(before the revolution) any governmental council.

(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.

(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.

any similar council or assembly connected with a socialistic governmental system elsewhere.

(initial capital letter) Often, Soviets. a governing official or person living in the Soviet Union: The Soviets have denied our charge.

adjective

of or pertaining to a soviet.

(initial capital letter) of the Soviet Union: a Soviet statesman.

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Origin:
1915–20; < Russian sovét council, counsel, advice, Old Russian, OCS sŭvětŭ, equivalent to sŭ- together, with + větŭ counsel; calque of Greek symboúlion

Related forms

so·vi·et·dom

[soh-vee-et-duhm, -it-, soh-vee-et-] , noun

an·ti-So·vi·et, noun, adjective

pro-So·vi·et, adjective

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soviet (ˈsəʊvɪət, ˈsɒv-)

—n
1.	(in the former Soviet Union) an elected government council at the local, regional, and national levels, which culminated in the Supreme Soviet
2.	(in prerevolutionary Russia) a local revolutionary council

—*adj*
3.	of or relating to a soviet

[C20: from Russian sovyet council, from Old Russian sŭvĕtŭ]

Soviet (ˈsəʊvɪət, ˈsɒv-)

—*adj*
	of, characteristic of, or relating to the former Soviet Union, its people, or its government

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Word Origin & History

soviet

1917, from Rus. sovet "governing council," lit. "council," from O.Rus. suvetu, from su "with" + vetu "counsel;" loan-translation of Gk. symboulion "council of advisors."

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