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| glas·nost [ glz nst, glz nòst ] |
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policy of openness: a policy that commits a government or organization to greater accountability, openness, discussion, and freer disclosure of information than previously, especially that of Mikhail Gorbachev in the former Soviet Union.
See also perestroika (sense 1)
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| [Late 20th century. < Russian, "publicness"] |
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