Definitions for glasnost
ˈglæz nɒst, ˈglɑz-glas·nost

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1. glasnostnoun

   a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

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1. glasnostnoun

   1980s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency

2. Etymology: гласность.

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1. Glasnost

   Glasnost (; Russian: гласность, IPA: [ˈɡlasnəsʲtʲ] (listen)) has several general and specific meanings – a policy of maximum openness in the activities of state institutions and freedom of information, the inadmissibility of hushing up problems, and so on. It has been used in Russian to mean "openness and transparency" since at least the end of the 18th century.In the Russian Empire of the late-19th century, the term was particularly associated with reforms of the judicial system. Among these were reforms permitting attendance of the press and the public at trials whose verdicts were now to be read aloud. Vladimir Lenin repeatedly emphasized the importance of glasnost as the most important feature of democracy. In the mid-1980s, it was popularised by Mikhail Gorbachev as a political slogan for increased government transparency in the Soviet Union.

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1. glasnost

   Glasnost is a Russian term, which directly translates to "openness." It was a policy emphasizing transparency, openness, and freedom of information, introduced by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s. The policy aimed to allow citizens to discuss publicly the problems and shortcomings of the Soviet system, in contrast to the restrictions of freedom of speech under the previous Soviet regimes.

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1. Glasnost

   Glasnost was a policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union. Introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the second half of the 1980s, Glasnost is often paired with Perestroika, another reform instituted by Gorbachev at the same time. The word "glasnost" has been used in Russian at least since the end of the 18th century. The word was frequently used by Gorbachev to specify the policies he believed might help reduce the corruption at the top of the Communist Party and the Soviet government, and moderate the abuse of administrative power in the Central Committee. Russian human rights activist and dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva explained glasnost as a word that "had been in the Russian language for centuries. It was in the dictionaries and lawbooks as long as there had been dictionaries and lawbooks. It was an ordinary, hardworking, nondescript word that was used to refer to a process, any process of justice of governance, being conducted in the open." Glasnost can also refer to the specific period in the history of the USSR during the 1980s when there was less censorship and greater freedom of information.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of glasnost in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of glasnost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of glasnost in a Sentence

1. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev:

   Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management.

2. Deutsche Bank chief executive:

   We changed the people, we changed the incentives. We summarily dismissed people who did something wrong and told people about it. There was a glasnost at the bank.

3. Arturo Valenzuela:

   It's clear to me that what the Cubans want is perestroika, but they don't particularly want glasnost.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Glasnost
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasnost
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5. ^ Wikidata
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