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Khrushchevism|ˈkrʊstʃəfɪz(ə)m| [f. the name of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev (1894–1971), Soviet statesman + -ism.] The practice or principles of Khrushchev, notable for his denunciation of Stalin and his advocacy of peaceful coexistence with the Western powers. So Khrushˈchevian a., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Khrushchev or his policies.
1957Amer. Speech XXXII. 294 The party has switched from Stalinism to Khrushchevism. 1961Listener 28 Dec. 1107/2 The world of romance and fairy tale is never far away from the Khrushchevian Utopia. 1962Ibid. 18 Jan. 112/1 There are several kinds of communism in the world—Titoism, Khrushchevism, Maoism in China. 1963Economist 3 Aug. 418/2 Khrushchevism is..to be preferred by the West to Maoism. 1964New Statesman 17 Apr. 592/2 What strikes one in the record of Krushchevism is the great number of vital issues which Krushchev and his men have posed but not tackled. 1973Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 10/6 We know now that ‘Ivan Denisovich’ was not the harbinger of better things, but the high point of Khruschevian ‘liberalism’ from which there has since been a steady retreat. |