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destalinization
de·sta·lin·i·za·tion [ dee stàlləni záysh'n ]


noun 
Definition:
 
reaction against Stalinism in former U.S.S.R.: the critical reassessment of the rule, methods, and personality of Joseph Stalin and elimination of his personality cult in the former Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s

de·sta·lin·ize [ d stli nīz ] transitive verb
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