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destalinize

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de-Sta⋅lin⋅ize

  [dee-stah-luh-nahyz, -stal-uh-] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. (of a Communist country) to engage in de-Stalinization.
–verb (used with object)
2. to subject to de-Stalinization.
Also, de⋅sta⋅lin⋅ize; especially British, de-Sta⋅lin⋅ise, de⋅sta⋅lin⋅ise.

Origin:
1955–60; de- + Stalin + -ize
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de·sta·li·nize   (dē-stä'lĭ-nĭz')   
intr. & tr.v.   de·sta·li·nized, de·sta·li·niz·ing, de·sta·li·niz·es
To undergo or cause to undergo destalinization.

[Back-formation from destalinization.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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