glasnost

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

glasnost (countable and uncountable, plural glasnosts)

1. (historical) 1980s and early 1990s policy of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev to allow more government transparency; often paired with perestroika
   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:

     Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet economy.

   • 2007 October 13, Will Hutton, “Will China's next leader be its Gorbachev?”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 January 2025:

     [Gorbachev] did not champion perestroika and glasnost alone; much of the nomenklatura had decided that the Soviet economic and social model was dysfunctional, corrupt and endemically inefficient and had to change.

• perestroika

Borrowed from Russian гласность (glasnostʹ).

glasnost c (singular definite glasnosten, not used in plural form)

1. glasnost

• “glasnost” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑsnost/, [ˈɡlɑ̝s̠no̞s̠t]
• Rhymes: -ɑsnost
• Syllabification^(key): glas‧nost
• Hyphenation^(key): glas‧nost

glasnost

1. glasnost

• “glasnost”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡlas.ˈnɔst͡ʃ/, /ɡlas.ˈnɔst/

glasnost f or (rare) m (uncountable)

1. (historical) glasnost (policy of transparency of the Soviet Union)

• perestroika

• “glasnost”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “glasnost”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

glasnost n (uncountable)

1. glasnost

From glȃs.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlâsnoːst/
• Hyphenation: glas‧nost

glȁsnōst f (Cyrillic spelling гла̏сно̄ст)

1. (uncountable) loudness
2. (uncountable) glasnost

• “glasnost”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

• IPA^(key): [ɡɫas.nɔst]
• Hyphenation: glas‧nost

glasnost (definite accusative glasnostu, plural glasnostlar)

1. glasnost