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| no·men·kla·tu·ra [ nmən klə trə, nmən klaa trə ] |
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1. elite Communist class: in Communist governments, the elite privileged class consisting of the people holding positions of authority in the bureaucracy
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2. Communist patronage system: in the former Soviet Union and other Communist countries, the system for assigning senior positions in the bureaucracy, controlled by committees in the Communist Party
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| [Mid-20th century. Via Russian< Latin nomenclatura (see nomenclature)] |
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