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apparat

apparat noun: the Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.

Noun (1)

apparat (plural apparats)

  1. The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
    • The second thing to absorb was that, behind all the spontaneity and eroticism and generalized “festival of the oppressed” merrymaking, a grim-faced Communist apparat was making preparations for an end to the revels and a serious seizure of the state.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 184

Noun (2)

apparat (plural apparats)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) An apparatus; an instrument; a device.
    • I'd like to buy one of the following apparats: - CANON EOS 500 - NIKON F50 - OLIMPUS om 88 […] I'm going to attend a conference in 4-9 October and want to buy an apparat (I've heard they are much cheaper in USA). Also if you are aware of the prices of these apparats in US, help me, and let me know.1997 September 23, VAhe, “Looking for an apparat to buy!”, in rec.photo.equipment (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026
    • I imagine you mean a^([sic]) apparat you can determine the endpoint of flocculant addition exactly. With this I made good experience with a apparat which determines the charge on colloides and emulsions even in turbid and concentrated solutions. […] The apparat is mainly used for papermaking.1998 August 15, [Wolfgang Pfeiffer] <c.pfeiffer@mvnet.de>, “Floculation control systems”, in sci.engr.chem (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

Forms of apparat

pluralapparats

Origin of apparat

Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus.

From German Apparat and Russian аппара́т (apparát). Doublet of apparatus.

Words that rhyme with apparat

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Questions about apparat

What does apparat mean?
Apparat means the Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
What part of speech is apparat?
Apparat is a noun.
What is the plural of apparat?
The plural of apparat is apparats.

Words near apparat in the dictionary

  1. appar.
  2. apparachik
  3. apparachiki
  4. apparachiks
  5. apparant
  6. apparat
  7. apparatchik
  8. apparatchiki
  9. apparatchiks
  10. apparate
  11. apparated

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