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

Stakhanovism soon became a mass movement.

From The Guardian

Stakhanovism would be useless in a country where the workers all work.

From Time Magazine Archive

As for famed & fantastic Dusia Vinogradova, that highly temperamental young Juno of the Soviet Textile Trust who makes amazing platform boasts of the scores & scores of Soviet looms she is able to tend simultaneously, the Young Communists sneered that Soviet cinema directors are following Stakhanovite Vinogradova around, beseeching her to realize that, with her obvious talents as a highly emotional actress, she is wasting herself in Stakhanovism and should go on the Soviet screen.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive