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Definition Kremlinology in British English

Kremlinology noun

noun
1

trying to guess or infer what things people say and do really mean, as opposed to what they seem to mean; after the Kremlin, the seat of Soviet power, the actions of whose leaders western powers struggled to interpret during the Cold War

Example

This has given rise to a new version of 'Kremlinology' - today, all the utterances of the monetary bureaucrats are parsed like those of the aging Kremlin autocrats of yore.

Definition Kremlinology in British English