Definition of "soviet-style" [soviet-style]

• A river, about 965 km (600 mi) long, of central Nunavut, Canada. It rises in several lakes and flows northeast and north to an inlet south of Boothia Peninsula.

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• "At the time, she was living in relative anonymity in a small soviet-style apartment in Krakow."
• "April 6th, 2010 10: 53 am ET people in this country are tired of phony town hall meeting and staged political events, and labeling the opposition as violent threat makers, and the tea party as racist hate mongers is really reminiscent of old soviet-style politics at its worst."
• "IMO the main effect is to make the UK NHS even more of a soviet-style technocratic provider than it already was."