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glasnost

glas·nost [ glz nst, glz nòst ]


noun 
Definition:
 
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)


[Late 20th century. < Russian, "publicness"]
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