Apparatchik Definition

äpə-rächĭk
apparatchiki, apparatchiks
noun
A member of a Communist apparat.
American Heritage
A member, esp. an official, of a Communist Party.
Webster's New World
An unquestioningly loyal subordinate, especially of a political leader or organization.
American Heritage
A member of any political organization; esp., a bureaucrat.
Webster's New World
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. [from 20th c.]
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Apparatchik

Noun

Singular:
apparatchik
Plural:
apparatchiki, apparatchiks

Origin of Apparatchik

  • From Russian аппаратчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппарат (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик (-čik).

    From Wiktionary

  • Russian from apparat apparat apparat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Apparatchik Sentence Examples

  • I prefer to vote for a person, rather than a party apparatchik.

  • In Ninotchka (1939 ), playing a Soviet apparatchik, she goes from macho, humorless Russian, to glamorous Parisian party girl.

  • He remains, in his atrophied heart, a shrewd communist apparatchik.

  • The former apparatchik was Joseph Stiglitz, ex-chief economist of the World Bank.

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