Stakhanovism

American  

[stuh-kah-nuh-viz-uhm, stah-hah-no-] / stəˈkɑ nəˌvɪz əm, stɑˈhɑ nɒ- /

noun

1. a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.

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Stakhanovism British  

/ stæˈkænəˌvɪzəm /

noun

1. (in the former Soviet Union) a system designed to raise production by offering incentives to efficient workers

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Other Word Forms

• Stakhanovite noun

Etymology

Origin of Stakhanovism

First recorded in 1935–40; Stakhanov(ite) + -ism

Example Sentences

Queerest effect of Stakhanovism has been to make Russia's famed Five-Year Plans look slow.

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With the arrival of Stakhanovism, in Stalin's opinion, the decisive page of Soviet history is turning.

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Russians read that Stakhanov increased his output of coal five-fold by "Stakhanovism."

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With Russian newsorgans clamoring for "Stakhanovism" in all branches of Bolshevik endeavor last week, Stakhanov and his chief assistant were each given a Soviet automobile, feted as heroes.

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After diligent search in other Soviet mines and factories, fresh Heroes of Labor were produced whose feats of "Stakhanovism" as played up by the Soviet Press became more & more stupendous.

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