Glasnost Definition

gläsnôst
noun
The Soviet policy of the 1980s of publicly acknowledging the nation's social and economic problems and of allowing open discussion of them.
Webster's New World

1980s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika.

Wiktionary

Origin of Glasnost

  • Russian glasnost' publicity, openness from obsolete glas voice from Old Church Slavonic glasŭ gal- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Russian гласность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

    From Wiktionary

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