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apparatchik

[ah-puh-rah-chik, uh-puh-raht-chyik]

noun

plural

apparatchiks 
,

plural

apparatchiki .
  1. a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.



apparatchik

/ ˌæəˈɑːʃɪ /

noun

  1. a member of a Communist apparat

  2. an official or bureaucrat in any organization

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apparatchik1

1940–45; < Russian 貹áٳ󾱰, equivalent to 貹á apparat + -chik agent suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apparatchik1

C20 from Russian, from apparat apparatus, instrument + -ckik , suffix denoting agent
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“Who’s going to volunteer to be the next civil servant if they think their supervisor is an apparatchik?”

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The Federal Society apparatchiks who controlled advancement didn’t know her.

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So far, Trump's apparatchiks have not blatantly defied the courts, but they're working them around the edges.

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Are they academics, scholars and scientists, or do they also include those of less elevated standing — technocrats, policy wonks, apparatchiks, pundits, journalists — who command a sizable public audience?

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“More and more Hezbollah is looking like a purely Iran-aligned apparatchik, as opposed to a locally ingrained Lebanese party,” Daou said.

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