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PRONUNCIATION OF LUSTRATION

lustration  [lʌsˈtreɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUSTRATION

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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lustration is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUSTRATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lustration

Lustration is a process of purification, often applied when a new government purges officials of a former regime who perpetrated crimes and abuses of power. Various forms of lustration were employed in post-communist Europe, post-World War II Europe, and Iraq. It also applies more broadly to the process of nations dealing with past human rights abuses, corruption or injustices. The term is taken from the Roman lustrum purification rituals.

Definition of lustration in the English dictionary

The definition of lustration in the dictionary is the act of lustrating someone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUSTRATION


administration
ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən
arbitration
ˌɑːbɪˈtreɪʃən
castration
ˌkæˈstreɪʃən
concentration
ˌkɒnsənˈtreɪʃən
demonstration
ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən
filtration
fɪlˈtreɪʃən
frustration
frʌˈstreɪʃən
illustration
ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən
infiltration
ˌɪnfɪlˈtreɪʃən
maladministration
ˌmælədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən
ministration
ˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən
nitration
naɪˈtreɪʃən
orchestration
ˌɔːkɪsˈtreɪʃən
penetration
ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪʃən
perpetration
ˌpɜːpɪˈtreɪʃən
preregistration
ˌpriːrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən
registration
ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən
sequestration
ˌsiːkwɛˈstreɪʃən
titration
taɪˈtreɪʃən
ultrafiltration
ˌʌltrəfɪlˈtreɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUSTRATION

lustier
lustiest
lustihead
lustihood
lustily
lustiness
lustless
lustra
lustral
lustrate
lustrative
lustre
lustreless
lustreware
lustring
lustrous
lustrously
lustrousness
lustrum
lusty

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUSTRATION

accreditation
action
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation

Synonyms and antonyms of lustration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lustration» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUSTRATION

Find out the translation of lustration to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lustration from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lustration» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

洁净
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lustración
570 millions of speakers

English

lustration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

द्युति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التطهير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

люстрация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lustração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lustration
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lustration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lustrasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lustration
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

清めること
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정화입니다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lustration
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lể tẩy uế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lustration
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वासना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taharet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lustrazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lustracja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

люстрація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lustrației
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξιλασμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reiniging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utrensnings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lustrasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lustration

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUSTRATION»

The term «lustration» is regularly used and occupies the 88.911 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUSTRATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lustration» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lustration» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lustration

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUSTRATION»

Discover the use of lustration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lustration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lustration and Transitional Justice: Personnel Systems in ...
Combining insights from cultural sociology and political psychology with the analysis of original experiments, historical surveys, parliamentary debates, and interviews, the book shows how perceptions of tainted personnel affected the ...
Roman David, 2011
2
Trames
Politicization is the problem that all lustration policies raise, according to Teitel, though her argument on this point is not as clear as one might wish. Teitel discusses recent attempts at lustration in the context of historical precedents, such as ...
3
Pluralism and Law: Proceedings of the 20th IVR World ...
1 Introductory Remarks This article is devoted to the legal problems of the so- called transitional constitutionalism, defined as the way the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Lustration Court function at the time of a political system ...
International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. World Congress, Arend Soeteman, 2004
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What Makes Poor Countries Poor?: Institutional Determinants ...
There is a broad range of approaches to lustration. David sets out a classification system that identifies two principal categories of lustration systems: exclusive systems and inclusive systems.170 In exclusive lustration systems, once a person's ...
M. J. Trebilcock, M. M. Prado, 2011
5
Legal Symbolism: On Law, Time and European Identity
Pribán's book contributes to the field of systems theory of law in the context of European legal and political integration and constitution-making.
Jirí Pribán, 2013
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Rights Before Courts: A Study of Constitutional Courts in ...
The weak character of the retribution meted the lustration measures in the years after the transition (as well as the fact that me relatively late) can therefore be seen as functionally linked to the role of -Communists in the transition itself, and also ...
Wojciech Sadurski, 2005
7
Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity
The implementation of lustration policies has varied widely. In some states, persons shown to have been affiliated with the prior regime can also lose iheir employment in the private sector. 5. On the experience of lustration in Eastern Europe ...
Priscilla B. Hayner, 2001
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The Guilt of Nations: Restitution and Negotiating Historical ...
basis either of a wholesale disqualification or of local gossip and denunciation campaigns. Lustration was aborted in most countries either before or at the initial stages of implementation.4 The most extensive effort was in the Czech Republic,  ...
Elazar Barkan, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Human Rights: Vol. 1-
Lustration emerged again in late 1995 after accusations that sitting prime minister Jozef Oleksy was a spy for the USSR and its Russian successor. Although the evidence was tenuous, and the Oleksy affair was never satisfactorily resolved, ...
David P. Forsythe, 2009
10
Justice as Prevention: Vetting Public Employees in ...
legislated specific powers to the minister of defense and the minister of interior to exempt individuals from the lustration procedure if it was in the interest of state security. According to the court, these sections contradicted the principles of ...
Pablo De Greiff, Alexander Mayer-Rieckh, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUSTRATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lustration is used in the context of the following news items.
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Serhiy Drozdov appointed commander of Ukrainian Air Force
In the autumn of 2014, as part of the lustration of the Defense Ministry, Drozdov was transferred to the reserve. On March 20, 2015, he was ... «NRCU - Ukrainian Radio, Jul 15»
2
Radio Liberty: Senior prosecutor evades sweep of Yanukovych-era …
Ukrainian prosecutor Oleh Valendyuk should have been out of a job last fall, the victim of a lustration law meant to clear away members of ... «Ukraine Today, Jul 15»
3
Dnevnik, Macedonia: VMRO-DPMNE, DUI stop the lustration
According to the newspaper, the lustration process, which started ... for Integration (DUI) field a proposal on suspension of the lustration act. «Focus News, Jul 15»
4
Alleged attempt to protect prosecutors accused of corruption triggers …
Karl Volokh, a member of the Civic Lustration Committee, went as far as to call Shokin's attempts to prosecute Sakvarelidze's investigators as a ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
5
Let's talk about… the 1953 London Agreement on German External …
... we think, is that well before relief, the Allies had already ensured their debtor had undergone a somewhat thorough process of lustration. «FT Alphaville, Jul 15»
6
Halya Coynash: Criticism of government cleaning (lustration) law …
Then Donetsk Governor Serhiy Taruta whispers into Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk's ear at a government meeting at the Donetsk Chamber ... «Kyiv Post, Jun 15»
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​Top security officials accused of links to Yanukovych, Kremlin
According to the Civic Lustration Committee, Ostafiychuk served as a deputy of Kyiv's top prosecutor for more than a year – from May 14, 2007 ... «Kyiv Post, Jun 15»
8
Venice Commission gives green light to Ukraine's lustration law
The VC positive verdict on the lustration law of Ukraine dismisses all speculations that Yanukovych-era officials were dismissed illegally and ... «ZIK, Jun 15»
9
Trade unions, 'Credit Maidan' rally outside Rada to demand …
In addition, protestors are holding placards demanding lustration of the authorities, introduction of a provisional administration in the National ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jun 15»
10
President grants request preventing lustration of Ukrainian Air Force …
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has issued a decree preventing the lustration of Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Yuriy Baidak. «Interfax, Jun 15»

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