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stalinista

Stalinist

adjective stah-lee-NEES-tah Rare

Usage Note

Stalinista follows the -ista pattern, which is invariable in the singular for both genders: il/la stalinista. The masculine plural is gli stalinisti, the feminine le staliniste. It functions as both adjective (regime stalinista) and noun (uno stalinista convinto, a convinced Stalinist). It can also be used hyperbolically for any very authoritarian political style.

Examples

"Era un convinto stalinista negli anni Cinquanta."

Natural Translation

He was a convinced Stalinist in the Fifties.

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