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Stalinesque
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English
Etymology
From en Stalin esque.
Adjective
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Characteristic of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.
2022-10-25 Willy Staley The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/magazine/try-guys-internet-fame.html 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.) https://web.archive.org/web/20251108083613/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/magazine/try-guys-internet-fame.html 8 November 2025
Alternative forms
en Stalin-esque
en Communism Soviet Union