First Known Use: 1986
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perestroika
noun per·e·stroi·ka \ˌper-ə-ˈstrȯi-kə\
Definition of PERESTROIKA
: the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s
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Origin of PERESTROIKA
Russian perestroĭka, literally, restructuring
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