Post-soviet

//ˌpoʊstˈsoʊvi.ət// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    After the dissolution of the Soviet Union. not-comparable

    "Her sole previous experience of the Soviet, or post-Soviet, had been a single evening in the former East Berlin, a few months after the Wall’s fall."

  2. 2
    Relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, especially in the context of Russia. not-comparable

    "Post-Soviet relations with the West can vary enormously."

  3. 3
    After the formation of the Soviet Union. dated, not-comparable, rare

    "Too much should not be made of it, in view of statistical uncertainties above detailed, but the largest shift in the whole of Table III is in the case of Russia. Only 26.1 per cent of natives of Russia were naturalized in 1910, but in 1920 the percentage was 15.6 higher. It would be interesting to know how much was pre-Soviet and how much post-Soviet, and a tabulation by year of arrival and year of naturalization would disclose it."

Synonyms

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postrevolutionary

Example

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"Her sole previous experience of the Soviet, or post-Soviet, had been a single evening in the former East Berlin, a few months after the Wall’s fall."

Etymology

From post- + Soviet.

Related phrases

pan-post-Soviet

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