zhdanovismhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zhdanovism_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZhdanovism, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

Zhdanovismnoun

  1. 1958–
    The policy of rigorous ideological control of literature and cultural life generally that was developed in the post-war period by A. A. Zhdanov (1896–1948), Russian politician.
    1. 1958
      The ideal of Zhdanovism was, precisely, the reduction of literature to ‘a small cog and a small screw’ in the mechanism of the totalitarian state.
      Encounter November 35/1
    2. 1962
      The heyday of Zhdanovism, 1946–1952.
      H. Swayze, Polit. Control Lit. in U.S.S.R., 1946–59 ii. 26 (heading)
    3. 1977
      Socialist realism he gives deservedly short shift. But the practice of Zhdanovism does not exhaust the subject.
      Times Literary Supplement 21 January 76/4

Zhdanovism, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

Zhdanovism, n. was last modified in December 2024.