stakhanovite
/stəˈkɑːnəvaɪt/
stakhanovite is the alternative letter-case form of Stakhanovite.
Noun capitalized: Stakhanovite
Stakhanovite (plural Stakhanovites)
- An extremely productive or hardworking worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards; a workaholic.
- Nevertheless, few outstanding Stakhanovites remained at the bench for very long. Even if they stayed on the enterprise payroll, they ceased to be workers, becoming instead living icons.1990, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Stakhanovism and the Politics of Productivity in the USSR, 1935–1941, page 183
- Kolkhozniki were soon attacking the Stakhanovites with abandon, beating them up, destroying their animals, even killing them.⁴⁰ For obvious reasons, collective farm management and even village authorities were often also not eager to see labor norms increased and colluded in these attacks.1993, Stephan Merl, “III: Social Mobility in the Countryside”, in William G. Rosenberg, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, editors, Social Dimensions of Soviet Industrialization, page 56
Adjective capitalized: Stakhanovite
Stakhanovite (comparative more Stakhanovite, superlative most Stakhanovite)
- Pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hardworking.
- Perhaps he was convinced that a more Stakhanovite nation would, simply because of its absolute ethical commitment to community and service, in some way decide to take from the rich and give to the poor; […]1982, David A. Reisman, State and welfare: Tawney, Galbraith and Adam Smith, page 115
- The great galvanised iron shed where the valves were made was a cacophonous and tumultuous place, full of Stakhanovite workers torturing plugs of super-heavy metal with screaming drill bits.1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun
Forms of stakhanovite
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more stakhanovite |
| superlative | most stakhanovite |
| comparative | more Stakhanovite |
| superlative | most Stakhanovite |
| Noun | |
| plural | Stakhanovites |
| alternative form | stakhanovite |
Origin of stakhanovite
From Stakhanov + -ite, named after Russian coal miner Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a campaign in 1935.
Questions about stakhanovite
- What does stakhanovite mean?
- Stakhanovite means an extremely productive or hardworking worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards; a workaholic.
- What is stakhanovite the alternative letter-case form of?
- Stakhanovite is the alternative letter-case form of Stakhanovite.
- What part of speech is stakhanovite?
- Stakhanovite can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce stakhanovite?
- Stakhanovite is pronounced /stəˈkɑːnəvaɪt/.
- What is the plural of stakhanovite?
- The plural of stakhanovite is Stakhanovites.
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