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Sta⋅lin⋅ist

[stah-luh-nist]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Joseph Stalin or Stalinism.
–noun
2. an advocate or supporter of Stalin or Stalinism.

Origin:
1925–30; Stalin + -ist
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Sta·lin·ism   (stä'lə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  The bureaucratic, authoritarian exercise of state power and mechanistic application of Marxist-Leninist principles associated with Stalin.
Sta'lin·ist adj. & n., Sta'lin·ize' v.
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