postcommunist
adjective
post·com·mu·nist
ˌpōst-ˈkäm-yə-nist 
-yü-
: existing or occurring after the decline or end of communism
postcommunist reformation
… what's at stake here is the establishment of a new form of governance that's been spreading across postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe …—
Dalibor Rohac
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His work in postcommunist states could be dispiriting.
—James Taranto, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2018
Conditions are better elsewhere, but the gap between prosperous European countries like Germany and postcommunist states like Poland remains immense.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 23 July 2018
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James Taranto, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2018
Conditions are better elsewhere, but the gap between prosperous European countries like Germany and postcommunist states like Poland remains immense.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 23 July 2018
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“Postcommunist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postcommunist. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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