nəˌvaɪt, -ˈkæn noun
1.
a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to a Stakhanovite or to Stakhanovism.
Origin:
translation of Russian stakhánovets (1935), after Alekseǐ Grigorʾevich Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, whose productivity was the focus of a propaganda campaign; see -ite1
translation of Russian stakhánovets (1935), after Alekseǐ Grigorʾevich Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, whose productivity was the focus of a propaganda campaign; see -ite1
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Stakhanovism (stæˈkænəˌvɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (in the former Soviet Union) a system designed to raise production by offering incentives to efficient workers | |
| [C20: named after A. G. Stakhanov (1906--77), Soviet coal miner, the worker first awarded benefits under the system in 1935] | |
| Sta'khanovite | |
| —n, —adj | |
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Stakhanovite
1935, from Soviet coal miner Aleksei Grigorevich Stakhanov (1906-77). In ref. to an efficiency system in which workers increase their piecework production and are rewarded with bonuses and privileges. Soviet authorities publicized his prodigious output as part of a campaign to increase productivity.
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