glasnost
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).
Noun edit
glasnost (countable and uncountable, plural glasnosts)
- (historical) 1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika
- 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
- Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet economy.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a policy of the Soviet Union
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See also edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian гласность (glasnostʹ).
Proper noun edit
glasnost c
- glasnost
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glasnost
Declension edit
Inflection of glasnost (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | glasnost | — | ||
genitive | glasnostin | — | ||
partitive | glasnostia | — | ||
illative | glasnostiin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | glasnost | — | ||
accusative | nom. | glasnost | — | |
gen. | glasnostin | |||
genitive | glasnostin | — | ||
partitive | glasnostia | — | ||
inessive | glasnostissa | — | ||
elative | glasnostista | — | ||
illative | glasnostiin | — | ||
adessive | glasnostilla | — | ||
ablative | glasnostilta | — | ||
allative | glasnostille | — | ||
essive | glasnostina | — | ||
translative | glasnostiksi | — | ||
abessive | glasnostitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “glasnost”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glasnost f or (rare) m (uncountable)
- (historical) glasnost (policy of transparency of the Soviet Union)
See also edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).
Noun edit
glasnost n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of glasnost (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) glasnost | glasnostul |
genitive/dative | (unui) glasnost | glasnostului |
vocative | glasnostule |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From glȃs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glȁsnōst f (Cyrillic spelling гла̏сно̄ст)
Declension edit
Declension of glasnost
singular | |
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nominative | glȁsnōst |
genitive | glȁsnosti |
dative | glasnosti |
accusative | glasnost |
vocative | glasnosti |
locative | glasnosti |
instrumental | glȁsnosti / glȁsnošću |
References edit
- “glasnost” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glasnost (definite accusative glasnostu, plural glasnostlar)