Associations to the word «Nomenklatura»

Wiktionary

NOMENKLATURA, noun. (now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]
NOMENKLATURA, noun. The people on such lists; by extension, any privileged class, a social or political elite. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

NOMENKLATURA, noun. The system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King