Stakhanovite

American  

[stuh-kah-nuh-vahyt, -kan-uh-] / stəˈkɑ nəˌvaɪt, -ˈkæn ə- /

noun

1. a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.

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adjective

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

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

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

A cheeky lad in cartoonish glasses and weird, elegant clothes, he stood out at the RCA immediately, not least for the Stakhanovite intensity of his working day.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2017

"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

Donovan seems to possess the Stakhanovite work ethic of a Soviet coal miner.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2012