катастройка

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Russian

Etymology

It is formed by blending the words катастро́фа (katastrófa, catastrophe) and перестро́йка (perestrójka, rebuilding). The word was invented around the 80s by Alexander Zinoviev during Gorbachev's perestroika.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ка‧та‧строй‧ка
  • Rhymes: -ojkə

Noun

катастро́йка (katastrójkaf inan (genitive катастро́йки, nominative plural катастро́йки, genitive plural катастро́ек)

  1. perestroika (a program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s)

Declension