Stakhanovite
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Stakhanovite
Translation of Russian stakhánovets (1935), after Alekseǐ Grigorʾevich Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, whose productivity was the focus of a propaganda campaign; see -ite 1
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021
He refused to consider himself a special case—he was simply a Stakhanovite.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018
The Brits who lived through war and austerity and rationing were rewarded with the union of a Stakhanovite stiff and a handsome chancer.
From Slate • May 19, 2018
"Life has become easier, comrades, life has become happier. And when one is happy, work goes well. If our life was hard, sad and joyless, we wouldn't have had the Stakhanovite movement."
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2015
John Witherow, Stakhanovite editor of the Sunday Times, now moving to the daily.
From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013
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