politburo

See also: Politbüro

English
WOTD – 30 December 2020

Etymology
Members of the Politburo (sense 1) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1939; Joseph Stalin, the Party’s General Secretary, is shown at the top left.

Borrowed from Russian Политбюро́ (Politbjuró, “politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union”), a contraction of полити́ческое бюро́ (politíčeskoje bjuró, “political bureau”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊəɹəʊ/, /-ˌbjɔː-/
  • Audio (RP)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑlətˌbjʊɹoʊ/, /ˈpoʊ-/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lit‧bu‧ro

Noun

politburo (plural politburos)

  1. The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.
  2. (by extension, sometimes derogatory) A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization, generally consisting of members who are either appointed by the party in control of the organization, or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations.

Alternative forms

Translations
governing council and chief policymaking body of a Marxist-Leninist political system
senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization

See also

References
  1. “Politburo, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2006; “politburo, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɔ.liˈtbu.ɾu/ [pɔ.liˈtβu.ɾu]

Noun

politburo m (plural politburos)

  1. politburo (governing council of the Soviet Union)
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