perestroika
IPA: pɛrʌstrˈɔɪkʌ
noun
- (historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
- (historical, uncountable) The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
- (countable, singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
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Examples of "perestroika" in Sentences
- Like arbitrageur and perestroika.
- Perestroika and the End of the Cold War.
- Yaremenko was a pessimist about perestroika.
- The article perestroika makes no mention of causes.
- Perestroika has an excellent image for that article.
- His disapproval of perestroika is from the above source.
- The truth was not revealed until the advent of Perestroika.
- The journal was to gain notoriety as the incubator of perestroika.
- Please clarify the causes of glasnost and perestroika in this context.
- Many political scientists liken this to Russia's policy of perestroika.
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