perestroika

Borrowed from Russian перестро́йка (perestrójka, “restructuring”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɛɹ.ɪˈstɹɔi.kə/

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perestroika

1. (now historical) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet economy.

2. The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.

• antiperestroika
• Perestroikan
• Salinastroika

• doi moi
• glasnost

perestroika (plural perestroikas)

1. (singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.

Borrowed from Russian перестро́йка (perestrójka).

• IPA^(key): /ˈperestroi̯kɑ/, [ˈpe̞re̞s̠t̪ˌro̞i̯kɑ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧re‧stroi‧ka

perestroika

1. (historical) perestroika

perestroika f (plural perestroikas)

1. perestroika (reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s)