Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "glasnost" ita ce:Noun:(a cikin tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet) Manufa ko al'adar kasancewa da bayyane da bayyane. , musamman a harkokin gwamnati da zamantakewa, kamar yadda Mikhail Gorbachev ya fara a shekarun 1980.Bayyanawa, bayyana gaskiya, ko yancin fadin albarkacin baki, musamman a fagen siyasa ko zamantakewa. > Misalin jumla: "A lokacin glasnost a cikin Tarayyar Soviet, an fi mai da hankali kan gaskiya da bayyana gaskiya a cikin harkokin gwamnati da zamantakewa."