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perestroika definition

pere·stroika (per′ə stro̵i′kə)

noun

the policy of restructuring and reforming the economic, political, and social systems of the U.S.S.R. promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev beginning in the mid 1980s

Etymology: Russ perestrojka, reconstruction < perestroit', to rebuild, reorganize

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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