iron curtain
- a barrier of secrecy and censorship regarded as isolating the Soviet Union and other countries in its sphere: often with the
- a similar barrier to information in other regions
See iron curtain in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- often Iron Curtain The military, political, and ideological barrier established between the Soviet bloc and western Europe from 1945 to 1990.
- A barrier that prevents free exchange of ideas and information: “That department and the editorial department are separated by an almost impenetrable iron curtain” (Brendan Gill).
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