VERB | change | destalinize, destalinise | counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism |
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Meaning | counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's" | |
Synonym | destalinise | |
Broader | transform, transmute, transubstantiate | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature |
Opposite | stalinize, stalinise | Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies |
Nouns | destalinization | social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor |
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