(n) Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953), Syn. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Joseph Stalin
(n) social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin, Syn. Stalinisation, Example:many Hungarians refused to take part in the Stalinization of their country