nomenklatura
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nomenklatura
- /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtjʊəɹə/ UK
- /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtʃʊəɹə/ UK
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Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenclature.
noun nomenklaturas · nomenclatura
- A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union and other communist countries, filled by those appointed by the Party.
- The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. [Gorbachev] did not champion perestroika and glasnost alone; much of the nomenklatura had decided that the Soviet economic and social model was dysfunctional, corrupt and endemically inefficient and had to change.
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noun list of posts in Soviet Union
| Português | nomenclatura |
|---|---|
| Français | nomenklatura |
| Italiano | nomenklatura |
| Ελληνικά | νομενκλατούρα nomenklatoúra |
| Русский | номенклату́ра nomenklatúra |
noun a social or political elite class
| Français | nomenklature |
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Talk about this word "nomenklatura." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nomenklatura. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nomenklatura. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nomenklatura "nomenklatura." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nomenklatura.Cite this
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title = {nomenklatura},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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