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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcapitalism/communism/socialism etc with a human facecapitalism/communism/socialism etc with a human facea capitalist etc economic and political system that does not ignore people’s needs → human.
What did the slogan Socialism with a human face mean during the Prague Spring Meet?
The rise and subsequent suppression of freedom in the Prague Spring revealed for the first time the cracks in the armor of the Communist regime. “Socialism with a human face” demonstrated that the Soviet Communist system could only function when individual liberties were severely curtailed.
What does human face mean?
: to make (something) more appealing, easier to understand, or easier to care about by connecting it to an actual person The author puts a human face on the disease by interviewing people who have it.
Alexander Dubček
Socialism with a human face (Czech: socialismus s lidskou tváří, Slovak: socializmus s ľudskou tvárou) is a slogan referring to the reformist and democratic socialist programme of Alexander Dubček and his colleagues, agreed at the Presidium of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in April 1968, after he became …
What does put a face mean?
to make something seem more real or easier to understand, because you meet or hear about people who are involved. We really do have to put a human face onto these figures and these financial arguments. Synonyms and related words. To make something easier to understand.
What does put a face to the name mean?
It means that you recognise the person in question and think that you ought to know his name, but can’t remember it. It’s usually said of someone you’ve met before, but it may be applied to actors or other public figures – in either case, there are reasons why the name should be known, but there’s a failure of memory.
In early 1968, Czechoslovakia was witnessing a process of liberalisation under the leadership of Alexander Dubček. As the newly appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party, Dubček tried to establish ‘socialism with a human face’ by launching a series of far-reaching reforms.