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Sta⋅kha⋅nov⋅ite
[stuh-kah-nuh-vahyt, -kan-uh-] 
–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:
trans. of Russ stakhánovets (1935), after Alekseǐ Grigorʾevich Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, whose productivity was the focus of a propaganda campaign; see -ite 1
trans. of Russ stakhánovets (1935), after Alekseǐ Grigorʾevich Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, whose productivity was the focus of a propaganda campaign; see -ite 1
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| Sta·kha·nov·ite (stə-kä'nə-vīt') n. A Soviet worker honored and rewarded for exceptional diligence in increasing production. [After Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov (1906-1977), Soviet miner.] |
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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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