glasnost
Pronunciation: /ˈglaznɒst, ˈglɑːs-/
Definition of glasnost
noun
- (in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985. See also perestroika.
Origin:
from Russian glasnostʹ, literally 'the fact of being public', from glasnyy 'public, open' + -nostʹ '-ness'