English Explanatory Dictionary

Stakhanovian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Extremely productive or hard-working, especially in the context of the former USSR, where such workers could earn special rewards.

Word forms

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Etymology

From Stakhanov + -ian, named after Russian coal miner Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a 1935 campaign.

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