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Stakhanovian

Stakhanovian adjective: extremely productive or hard-working, especially in the context of the former USSR, where such workers could earn special rewards.

Adjective

Stakhanovian (comparative more Stakhanovian, superlative most Stakhanovian)

  1. Extremely productive or hard-working, especially in the context of the former USSR, where such workers could earn special rewards.

Forms of Stakhanovian

comparativemore Stakhanovian
superlativemost Stakhanovian

Origin of Stakhanovian

From Stakhanov + -ian, named after Russian coal miner Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a 1935 campaign.

Questions about Stakhanovian

What does Stakhanovian mean?
Stakhanovian means extremely productive or hard-working, especially in the context of the former USSR, where such workers could earn special rewards.
What part of speech is Stakhanovian?
Stakhanovian is an adjective.

Words near Stakhanovian in the dictionary

  1. stakewalls
  2. stakewinner
  3. stakewinners
  4. stakewinning
  5. Stakhanov
  6. Stakhanovian
  7. Stakhanovism
  8. stakhanovite
  9. Stakhanovites
  10. Stakhonovite
  11. Stakhonovites

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