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SOVIET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("soviet" is a kind of...):
council (a body serving in an administrative capacity)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people
Example:
Soviet leaders
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Soviet Union (a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991)
