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Verb: stalinise  'staa-lu,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: stalinize)
  1. Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies
    "Russia was slowly stalinised after Lenin's death";
    - stalinize
Noun: Stalinisation
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: Stalinization)
  1. Social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin
    "many Hungarians refused to take part in the Stalinisation of their country";
    - Stalinization

Type of: social process, transform, transmute, transubstantiate

Antonym: destalinize

Encyclopedia: Stalinisation