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nomenklatura

nomenklatura

1 9.9
A group of people chosen by the Communist Party who hold important government or industry jobs
  • noun
  • /ˌnoʊmɛnˈklɑːtʊrə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : nomenklatura
  • Instead of creating economic equality, it created a nomenklatura of functionaries enjoying greater economic privileges than the world had ever seen.
  • the former nomenklatura

Examples

  • As in most former Communist states, a system of privilege based on political allegiance has acted as an instrument of control of the nomenklatura and, to varying degrees, permeates different levels of the technocracy.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Control over local resources has become one of the most powerful levers by which the local nomenklatura maintains its supremacy for its own sake.

    Academic text (1993)

  • For decades, Soviet bureaucrats, the nomenklatura, used the system to their advantage.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The nomenklatura was "rewarded" with access to the few imported commodities.

    Academic text (2010)

  • In Poland, some of the nomenklatura's ways quickly rubbed off on their Round Table partners.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The former nomenklatura (elite class of the communist era) retains power in the majority of local structures.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The moral crisis involves a rejection of the nomenklatura or political class on behalf of territorial loyalties and idealized local ties.

    Academic text (1994)

  • A polity sensitive to the self-serving intentions of the nomenklatura possesses historical evidence for its suspicion.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The government that Prime Minister Mazowiecki inherited in 1989 was a hybrid of his Solidarity-led partisans and then-President Jaruzelski's nomenklatura.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The nomenklatura in the government often makes decisions that benefit their own interests.

Synonyms

officialdom
vsnomenklatura
  • Literature
3 7.3

A group of people who work in government offices

is a narrower elite of appointed influential people often in communist systems
politburo
vsnomenklatura
  • Informal
1 9.1

A small group of leaders in an organization who make major decisions in secret

is broader, covering many appointed influential people, not only top decision makers
noyau
vsnomenklatura
9.9

A small central group that forms the base of an organization or activity

is about people holding important administrative or influential roles often in communist systems

Surface Forms

nomenklatura singular
nomenklaturas plural

Etymology

Nomenklatura originally meant a 'list of names' and comes from the Latin root nomen meaning 'name'. So by extension nomenklatura can also mean the group of officials or influential people who hold those important government or party posts.