nomenklatura.
nomenclature (set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences)
Meaning & usage
nomenclature (set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences)
nomenclature (set of names or terms)
nomenklatura (list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party)
nomenklatura (people on such lists)
nomenklatura (any privileged class; a social or political elite)
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin nōmenclātūra. Sense 3, sense 4 and sense 5 are semantic loans from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra).
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