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politburo

See also: Politbüro

English

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WOTD – 30 December 2020

Etymology

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Members of the Politburo (sense 1) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1939; Joseph Stalin, the Party’s General Secretary, is shown at the top left.

Borrowed from Russian Политбюро́ (Politbjuró, “politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union”), a contraction of полити́ческое бюро́ (politíčeskoje bjuró, “political bureau”).[1]

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Noun

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politburo (plural politburos)

  1. The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.
  2. (by extension, sometimes derogatory) A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization, generally consisting of members who are either appointed by the party in control of the organization, or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations.

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Translations

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governing council and chief policymaking body of a Marxist-Leninist political system
senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization

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References

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  1. ^ “Politburo, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2006; “politburo, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Portuguese

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Noun

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politburo m (plural politburos)

  1. politburo (governing council of the Soviet Union)
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