nomenklatura
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtjʊəɹə/, /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtʃʊəɹə/
nomenklatura
- (now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]
- The people on such lists; by extension, any privileged class, a social or political elite. [from 20th c.]
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 764:
- Communism envisioned […] an Authority Ranking of political control (in theory, the dictatorship of the proletariat; in practice, a nomenklatura of commissars under a charismatic dictator).
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 764:
- French: nomenklatura
- Portuguese: nomenclatura
- Russian: номенклату́ра
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