Stakhanovite

[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

1. of or relating to a Stakhanovite or to Stakhanovism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stakhanovite¹

Translation of Russian stakhánovets (1935), after Alekseǐ Grigorʾevich Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, whose productivity was the focus of a propaganda campaign; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

The Yorkshire Post poached him to be their man in Halifax, where Sir Bernard chewed Woodbine tobacco and became known for his Stakhanovite work ethic.

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A single word came to mind: “Stakhanovite.”

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A few people yearn to be lotus-eaters, although the ones we hear about will be those Stakhanovite souls who tirelessly churn out a daily Substack newsletter about the joys of doing nothing.

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I tweet it all day, I tweet it at night: I troll to be a Stakhanovite.

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Animal rights activist Patrick Battuello runs a website dedicated to naming every horse killed on US tracks - a Stakhanovite task carried out by daily scanning of racecard reports and regular Freedom of Information Act filings.

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