apparatchik
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- noun
- /ˌæpəˈrɑːtʃɪk/
- Offensive
:
burócrata (despectivo)
- In the meeting, the apparatchik presented the new policies, emphasizing their importance to the organization's goals.
- communist apparatchiks
- party apparatchiks
- former apparatchiks
There's very little support except among the woke apparatchiks.
- There's very little support except among the woke apparatchiks.
- And Kravchuk is a party apparatchik.
Examples
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And, without abandoning her very close ties with her fellow apparatchiks, at least not beyond repair.
Blog text (23) -
Might it have disappeared together with the apparatchik who had once used it as an interrogation room?
Fiction book (2002) -
Who other than some apparatchik would own a private car in this land of the collective?
Fiction book (2002) -
Instead, he was as petty as any local Party apparatchik.
Fiction book (1991) -
Put everyone on notice that actions have consequences, and the apparatchiks will not touch it.
Blog text (29) -
No, just an example of an intellectual class apparatchik who is creating subversion through "fine writing."
Blog text (15) -
Only Solveig, that apparatchik of friendship, maintained her confidence in me.
Fiction book (1997) -
Maybe there's a method to their madness, for the party apparatchiks, that is.
Blog text (32) -
On the contrary, many apparatchiks instantly remodeled themselves as capitalists and prospered.
Academic text (2008) -
The apparatchik followed orders without question, demonstrating unwavering loyalty to the party.
Synonyms
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An official in a Communist government who teaches party ideas and enforces loyalty
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A loyal political worker who does unpleasant or dishonest tasks for a political leader
A person in an organisation who forces others to follow a political idea, often used as an insult
A person who follows orders without thinking, often in a large organization
How Loyal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Apparatchik comes from the Russian word apparat ('apparatus' or 'machine') with the ending -chik that makes it 'a person of the apparatus'. So it named someone who was part of the party 'machine', which is why today it means a loyal official who follows orders without question.