CYRENAIC

Cyr`e*na"ic (sr`-n"k or s`r-), a. Etym: [L. Cyrenaicus, fr. Cyrene, in Libya.]

Definition: Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene.

– n.

Definition: A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PERESTROIKA

(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy


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