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When you repeat, in that wooden and perfunctory way, that our situation is better than others, that we're 'well-placed to weather the storm', I have to tell you that you sound like a Brezhnev-era apparatchik giving the party line.
Daniel Hannan

Meaning of "apparatchik" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APPARATCHIK

From Russian, from apparat apparatus, instrument + -ckik, suffix denoting agent.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APPARATCHIK

apparatchik  [ˌæpəˈrɑːtʃɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPARATCHIK

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determiner
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Apparatchik is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APPARATCHIK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Apparatchik

Apparatchik /ˌɑːpəˈrɑːtʃɪk/ is a Russian colloquial term for a full-time, professional functionary of the Communist Party or government, i.e. an agent of the governmental or party "apparat" that held any position of bureaucratic or political responsibility, with the exception of the higher ranks of management called "Nomenklatura". James Billington describes one as "a man not of grand plans, but of a hundred carefully executed details." It is often considered a derogatory term, with negative connotations in terms of the quality, competence, and attitude of a person thus described. Members of the "apparat" were frequently transferred between different areas of responsibility, usually with little or no actual training for their new areas of responsibility. Thus, the term apparatchik, or "agent of the apparatus" was usually the best possible description of the person's profession and occupation. Not all apparatchiks held lifelong positions. Many only entered such positions in middle age. Today apparatchik is also used in contexts other than that of the Soviet Union or communist countries.

Definition of apparatchik in the English dictionary

The definition of apparatchik in the dictionary is a member of a Communist apparat. Other definition of apparatchik is an official or bureaucrat in any organization.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APPARATCHIK


boychik
ˈbɔɪtʃɪk
chick
tʃɪk
chik
tʃɪk
dabchick
ˈdæbˌtʃɪk
fleishig
ˈfleɪʃɪk
fleishik
ˈfleɪʃɪk
midrashic
mɪdˈræʃɪk
tchick
tʃɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APPARATCHIK

appalto
appanage
appanaged
apparat
apparatus
apparatus criticus
apparel
apparelled
apparelling
apparelment
apparent
apparent horizon
apparent magnitude
apparent movement
apparently
apparentness
apparition
apparitional
apparitor

WORDS THAT END LIKE APPARATCHIK

batik
Dubrovnik
Luik
maik
malik
milchik
muzhik
naik
Nalchik
Nasik
Pernik
Reykjavik
sheik
sik
Sputnik
Tadzhik
Tajik
tik
tughrik
tugrik

Synonyms and antonyms of apparatchik in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «apparatchik» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APPARATCHIK

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The translations of apparatchik from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «apparatchik» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

apparatchik
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apparatchik
570 millions of speakers

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apparatchik
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

apparatchik
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المنضبط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аппаратчик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apparatchik
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

apparatchik
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apparatchik
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apparatchik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Apparatschik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

apparatchik
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관료
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apparatchik
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

apparatchik
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருவியாகத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपारचिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aparatçik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apparatchik
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aparatczyk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

апаратник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aparatcik
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

apparatchik
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

apparatchik
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

apparatchik
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

apparatchik
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apparatchik

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apparatchik

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QUOTES WITH «APPARATCHIK»

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Daniel Hannan
When you repeat, in that wooden and perfunctory way, that our situation is better than others, that we're 'well-placed to weather the storm', I have to tell you that you sound like a Brezhnev-era apparatchik giving the party line.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPARATCHIK»

Discover the use of apparatchik in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apparatchik and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Restructuring the Soviet Economic Bureaucracy
Paul R. Gregory. The apparatchik The apparatchik occupies a responsible position in a functional unit of the Soviet economic bureaucracy but bears little responsibility for final results. Examples of apparatchiks are directors of functional  ...
Paul R. Gregory, 1990
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Safer Care Human Factors for Healthcare: Trainer's Manual
Apparatchik In public services, a particularly common version of the toxic autocrat is the apparatchik. The term comes from the Russian description of middle- ranking Communist Party officials. Apparatchiks accept without question what their ...
Patrick Mitchell, 2013
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Eglise Catholique Et Transactions Politiques: L'Etat Dans Le ...
L'emprise idéologique fut la cause, au niveau organisationnel, d'une bureaucratisation monstrueuse de la vie publique159 et, au niveau du mode de pensée, de l'apparition d'une mentalité d'apparatchik. Pour l'apparatchik, le Parti est un Etre ...
Dariusz G?ra, 2003
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Career
Qualification: Edu orSoc6+ –1 for every previous career. Legislator Int 6+ Soc 6+ Apparatchik Soc5+ Int7+ Technocrat Int 4+ Edu 8+ Assignments: Choose one of the following: • Legislator: You sit in council chambers or parliaments, proposing,  ...
John Griffiths, Richard Hazlewood, Nik Kraakenes, 2009
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500 Foreign Words and Phrases You Should Know to Sound ...
apparatchik apparatchik (Russian) (a-par-AHT-chik) (noun) This Russian term for a bureaucrat was particularly applied from 1917 to 1989 to members of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union who held government positions and so were ...
Peter Archer, Linda Archer, 2012
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Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel
THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP PATTERNS: FROM APPARATCHIK TO CINCINNATUS Media-centered politics brought about a change in the dominant pattern of political leadership in Israel. The old model of the politician was that of a ...
Yoram Peri, 2004
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Movies for the Masses: Popular Cinema and Soviet Society in ...
When Filimonov finally does locate his wife (Veronika Buzhinskaia), she has married a Soviet apparatchik (Valerii Solovtsov). The apparatchik, a "cultural worker" who lectures to unreceptive workers about women's rights, is crude and sullen, ...
Denise J. Youngblood, 1993
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A Dictionary of Modern Politics
Apparatchik, properly speaking, means an employee of the apparat, perhaps best translated into English by the use of the modern Marxist term 'state apparatus', that is, any institution involved in the running of the state, whether formally part of ...
David Robertson, 2002
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Capital Wars: The New East-West Challenge for ...
Chapter. 2. Turning. the. apparatchik. CEO. back. into. a. real. entrepreneur. Reconciling our listed companies with the long term Once we have got rid of our favourite scapegoats, we will have to own up to a simple truth: Western capitalism is ...
Daniel Pinto, 2014
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The Routledge Dictionary of Politics
Apparatchik, properly speaking, means an employee of the apparat, perhaps best translated into English by the use of the modern Marxist term 'state apparatus', that is, any institution involved in the running of the state, whether formally part of ...
David Robertson, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPARATCHIK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term apparatchik is used in the context of the following news items.
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With respect to Cuba: Is Obama Guileful, Duped or a Dim Bulb?
A U.S. embassy on the island will be a convenient means for Cuba's aggressive and savvy security apparatchik and spy services to keep close ... «Mexidata.info, Jul 15»
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A gap that's too big to plug: Camila Batmanghelidjh shows how …
Camila Batmanghelidjh doesn't come over like your typical Whitehall apparatchik. She has a rather different dress sense and is also much ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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ObamaCare and America's Death Spiral
... just like Jonathan Gruber, acid rain, and any other apparatchik, cause, or grievance group which is not momentarily expedient for the utopian ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
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Citizens learn to handle Harper's information war
Information about much of what the federal government is thinking or doing is only released through public relations apparatchik, usually by ... «National Observer, Jul 15»
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The Devil That Lurks in Kalenjin Politics
... his patronage network across the Rift Valley, with several of them, his age-mates, or their kin wedging into the apparatchik of the Kanu party. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Michael Oren's memoir Ally exposes thin skins in Obama circles
... most celebrated historians, isn't even a member of Netanyahu's Likud party, which makes him hard to typecast as a right-wing apparatchik. «The Australian, Jun 15»
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Aid is no substitute for defence, and Michael Fallon knows it
He is merely being a good apparatchik and putting loyalty to the Prime Minister before duty to his office and his country. Jonathan Foreman is a ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Taiwan's presidential election could start a pivot to Beijing
... as deputy premier in government, it picked the KMT has instead chosen a quirky party apparatchik with no substantial record in government. «The Conversation UK, Jun 15»
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Dick Polman: A great day in history
... on Obamacare) has lashed out with insult lines fit for a Fox News apparatchik. A quick sampling: “Today's decree says that my Ruler, and the ... «Bemidji Pioneer, Jun 15»
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SCOTUS: 6 despots in minister's robes
... day to kill language and thus language's meaning (Reason, ideas, thought) by Syme, an insipid apparatchik working in the Ministry of Truth:. «RenewAmerica, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Apparatchik [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/apparatchik>. Apr 2024 ».
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