apparat

[ ap-uh-rat, ah-puh-raht ]
noun

  1. an organization or existing power structure, especially a political one: a position of leadership within the party apparat; The chess apparat is not eager to change tournament rules.

Origin of apparat

1
1940–45; <Russian apparát originally, scientific apparatus <German <Latin apparātus.See apparatus

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British Dictionary definitions for apparat

apparat

/ (ˌæpəˈrɑːt) /

noun

  1. the Communist Party organization in the former Soviet Union and other states

Origin of apparat

1
Russian, literally: apparatus

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