Glasnost

What do we mean by glasnost?

An official policy of the former Soviet government emphasizing candor with regard to discussion of social problems and shortcomings. noun

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

A policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems noun

1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika

Introduced by Gorbachev in the 1908s, a policy which called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union. See Perestroika Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to glasnost:
glasnost, glastnost.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word glasnost:
perestroika, openness, democratization, restructuring, stagnation, ussr, dissidents, dissident, soviet, ssr, dissolution, censorship, transparency, repression, moldova, socialism, policies, collapse, bloc, pact, demonstration, freedom, moscow, communist, baltic, permitted, lithuania, openly, emphasized, reform, union, nationalist, publicity, speech, rally, russian, demanded, discussion, economic, coup, ukraine, ukrainian, restrictions, cold, policy, socialist, political, initiated, journalism, ballet, era, criticism, bowl, independence, mix, defense, foundation, debate, progressive, berlin, wave, russia, citizens, orthodox, ethnic, resulted, expression, allowing, movement, meeting, allowed, defence, fair, meaning, jews, attempt, historian, fall.

Words that rhyme with glasnost:
post, host, coast, roast, ghost, toast, boast, most, utmost, riposte, foremost, almost, engrossed, yost, outpost, signpost, lamppost, ost, goalpost, innermost, king post, diagnosed, post-, frowst, seacoast, outermost, uppermost, cohost, guidepost, french toast, southernmost, dowst, dosed, moste, northernmost, pot roast, at most, sternpost, melba toast, first and foremost, gold coast, barbary coast, westernmost, rump roast, yoast, coste, lamb roast, the most, holy ghost, parcel post, grossed, trading post, from pillar to post, ivory coast, overdosed, pork roast, whipping post, crown roast, suncoast, command post, deaf as a post, cinnamon toast, queen post, intermediate host, military post, droste, missionary post, definitive host, at the most, beef roast, observation post, meteorological observation post, corner post, pan roast, hitching post, oste-, rib roast, toste, wiener roast, blade roast, winning post, starting post, standing rib roast, pancoast, swinging post, veal roast, orange toast, telegraph post, shutting post, woeste, bundespost, amerihost, anteriormost, ivory-coast, khost, voest, westcoast.

Adjectives that are often used to describe glasnost:
pre, soviet, more, global, new, post, greater, little, political, style, own, russian, early, military, official, international, historical, critical, cultural, samizdat, called, full, eco, much, dissident, genuine, vietnamese, nuclear.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective glasnost:
june, period, conferences, renaissance, posters.

Words that sound like glasnost:
glasnost, glanced, glossiest, classiest, classist, glasshouse, glass house, gassiest, closest, cleanest, classmate, closeness, close knit, class list, glasses, glance, gladness, glassed, glimpsed, glamis, gladdest, glaciate, glissade, glynis, glancy, glacis, glast, glenys, glost, glantz, glassless, glennis, glynnis, glossiness, glonass, gluiness, glance at, glass eyes, glassy-eyed, glassy eyed.