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Noun: iron curtain  'I(-u)rn 'kúr-t(u)n
  1. An impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries

Derived forms: iron curtains

Type of: ideological barrier

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