English
Stalinism
From Stalin + -ism.
A compound of Stalin + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *stek- ‘to be firm, stand fast’
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Middle High German stahel
German Stahl ‘steel’
Russian сталь ‘steel’
Russian Ста́лин
English Stalin
Today it means
noun The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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Etymograph / Stalinism