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stakhanovian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stakhano-vian
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely productive or hard-working, especially in the context of the former USSR, where such workers could earn special rewards.

Etymology

From Stakhanov + -ian, named after Russian coal miner Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a 1935 campaign.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Stakhanovian (comparative) most Stakhanovian (superlative)

Questions

What does stakhanovian mean?
Extremely productive or hard-working, especially in the context of the former USSR, where such workers could earn special rewards.
Where does stakhanovian come from?
From Stakhanov + -ian, named after Russian coal miner Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a 1935 campaign.

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