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glasnost

noun

glas·​nost ˈglaz-(ˌ)nōst How to pronounce glasnost (audio) ˈglas- How to pronounce glasnost (audio)
ˈgläz-,
ˈgläs-
: a Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues and freer dissemination of news and information

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Glasnost' wasn't coined by former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, but he was responsible for catapulting the word into the international media and the English vocabulary. The term derives from the Russian adjective "glasnyi," which means "public" and which itself traces to "glas," a root meaning "voice." In Russian, "glasnost" was originally used (as long ago as the 18th century) in the general sense of "publicity," and the Oxford English Dictionary reports that V.I. Lenin used it in the context of freedom of information in the Soviet state. However, it wasn't until Gorbachev declared it a public policy in the mid-1980s that "glasnost" became widely known and used in English.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Part of that also had to do with glasnost, which allowed Soviet citizens to finally discuss the crimes that many in the West were already aware of. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2022 Gorbachev played a central role in winding down the Cold War, with his trademark glasnost and perestroika policies opening the Soviet economy and leading to increasing engagement with the West in the late 1980s. Harold Maass, The Week, 31 Aug. 2022 The hopes and excitement around MIkhail Gorbachev's glasnost in the late 1980s gave way to a calm, even attitude in the 1990s, and then wariness in the 2000s. Stanislav Kucher, CNN, 13 May 2022 In the late 1970s, the Politburo had rejected the overtures of McDonald’s executives, but by 1990, the Soviet Union had swung into glasnost: opening itself up to the world’s ideas and products. Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2022 At the time, the Soviet Union was opening up under policies including glasnost, which gave more room for public debate and criticism. Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021 Unfortunately, between these two groups -- those who acknowledge reality and those who continue to float along on the road to Oz -- there can be no détente, no perestroika and surely no glasnost. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021 During the mid-1980s, under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost, or openness, people began to talk more freely about the genocide, said Harutyun Marutyan, director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. WSJ, 26 Apr. 2021 Mr Putin, who began his presidency 20 years ago by covering up the sinking of the Kursk submarine, is determined not to repeat the glasnost experiment, which helped to bring the whole system crashing down. The Economist, 21 May 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Russian glasnost', literally, publicity, from glasnyĭ public, from glas voice, from Old Church Slavonic glasŭ — more at call

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of glasnost was in 1986
BNC: 22252 COCA: 19495

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