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Noun: glasnost  'glaz,nóst
  1. A policy of increased openness and transparency introduced in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s
    "Glasnost led to increased freedom of expression in Soviet society"

Derived forms: glasnosts

Type of: social policy

Encyclopedia: Glasnost