perestroika

1. 1.

   an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy

   Broadereconomic policy

Other forms of perestroika

plural

perestroikas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about perestroika

What does perestroika mean?

perestroika means "an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy".

How many syllables are in perestroika?

perestroika has 4 syllables: per-e-stroi-ka. The stress falls on "stroi". In IPA it is /ˌpɛɹəˈstɹɔɪkə/.

Is perestroika a common word?

perestroika is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.