iron curtain (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy
def used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries
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Hypernym ideological barrier
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Hyponym ideological barrier

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