Stalinesque
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Characteristic of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953. not-comparable
"A group of friends becomes a cast of characters, strip-mines lives and relationships for content and, in the process, turns into a corporation, with payroll to process and liabilities to consider. (It’s entirely possible that the Stalinesque removal of Fulmer from certain videos is rooted in legal concerns, not moral ones.)"
Example
More examples"A group of friends becomes a cast of characters, strip-mines lives and relationships for content and, in the process, turns into a corporation, with payroll to process and liabilities to consider. (It’s entirely possible that the Stalinesque removal of Fulmer from certain videos is rooted in legal concerns, not moral ones.)"
Etymology
From Stalin + -esque.
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