apparatchik Definition
ap·pa·rat·chik (äp′ə rä′c̸hik)
noun pl. -·chiks or -·chiki-c̸hi kē
- a member, esp. an official, of a Communist Party
- a member of any political organization; esp., a bureaucrat
Etymology: Russ < apparat
apparatchik Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: In Ninotchka ( 1939 ), playing a Soviet apparatchik, she goes from macho, humorless Russian, to glamorous Parisian party girl.
- determine: He soon learned he had to fight against a host of culture apparatchiks determined to defend communist folk music to the bitter end.
Adjective modifier
- communist: He remains, in his atrophied heart, a shrewd Communist apparatchik.
- former: The former apparatchik was Joseph Stiglitz, ex-chief economist of the World Bank.
- Trotskyite: His dismissal of the SSP executive as " Trotskyite apparatchiks " ( this to the right wing press ) is especially pernicious.
Noun used with modifier
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