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Stakhanovism

Stakhanovism noun: a system instituted in communist countries to encourage increased productivity.

Noun

Stakhanovism (uncountable)

  1. A system instituted in communist countries to encourage increased productivity.

Origin of Stakhanovism

From Stakhanov + -ism, from the name of Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov (Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов), a Russian coal miner whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a campaign in 1935.

Questions about Stakhanovism

What does Stakhanovism mean?
Stakhanovism means a system instituted in communist countries to encourage increased productivity.
What part of speech is Stakhanovism?
Stakhanovism is a noun.

Words near Stakhanovism in the dictionary

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

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