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glasnost ˈglæzˌnōst ; ˈglæs-; ˈgläz-; ˈgläs- (in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.
from Russian glasnost,' literally 'the fact of being public,' from glasnyy 'public, open' + -nost.'
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