"nomenklatura" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtjʊəɹə/ [UK], /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtʃʊəɹə/ [UK] Forms: nomenklaturas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenclature. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|номенклату́ра}} Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), {{der|en|la|nōmenclātūra||a calling by name, list of names}} Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), {{m|la|nomen||name}} nomen (“name”), {{m|la|calare||call}} calare (“call”), {{doublet|en|nomenclature}} Doublet of nomenclature Head templates: {{en-noun}} nomenklatura (plural nomenklaturas)
  1. (now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. Tags: historical Categories (place): Soviet Union Translations (list of posts in Soviet Union): nomenklatuura (Finnish), nomenklatura [feminine] (French), νομενκλατούρα (nomenklatoúra) [feminine] (Greek), nomenklatura [feminine] (Italian), nomenklatura [feminine] (Polish), nomenclatura [feminine] (Portuguese), номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra) [feminine] (Russian), номенклату́ра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nomenklatúra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nomenklatura [common-gender] (Swedish), номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-nomenklatura-en-noun-wvq991y0 Disambiguation of Soviet Union: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'list of posts in Soviet Union': 99 1
  2. (collective) The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. Tags: collective Translations (a social or political elite class): nomenklature [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-nomenklatura-en-noun-SJYAahyh Disambiguation of 'a social or political elite class': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nomenclatura

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