"apparatchik" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /apəˈɹatʃɪk/ [UK], /æpəˈɹæt͡ʃɪk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apparatchik.wav Forms: apparatchiks [plural], apparatchiki [plural]
Etymology: From Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппара́т (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик (-čik). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|аппара́тчик||operator, apparatchik}} Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|apparatchiki}} apparatchik (plural apparatchiks or apparatchiki)
  1. (historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Communism, Occupations Categories (place): Soviet Union Translations (member of a Communist apparat): apparatsjik [masculine] (Dutch), apparatsikki (Finnish), apparatchik [masculine] (French), Apparatschik [masculine] (German), απαράτσικ (aparátsik) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), kerfiskommi [masculine] (Icelandic), apparatcik [masculine] (Italian), apparatčik [masculine] (Italian), 党官僚 (tōkanryō) (alt: とうかんりょう) (Japanese), アパラチク (aparachiku) (Japanese), aparatčikas (Lithuanian), apparatsjik [masculine] (Norwegian), aparatczyk [masculine] (Polish), apparatchik [masculine] (Portuguese), aparatchik [masculine] (Portuguese), nomenclaturist [masculine] (Romanian), аппара́тчик (apparátčik) [masculine] (Russian), аппара́тчица (apparátčica) [feminine] (Russian), aparàtčik [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), апаратчик [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), apparatchik [masculine] (Spanish), partifunktionär [common-gender] (Swedish), apparattjik [common-gender] (Swedish), apparatjik [common-gender] (Swedish), אַפּאַראַטשיק (aparatshik) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-apparatchik-en-noun-U83rP7aw Disambiguation of Communism: 91 9 Disambiguation of Occupations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Soviet Union: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'member of a Communist apparat': 94 6
  2. (by extension) A blindly loyal bureaucrat. Tags: broadly Translations (blindly loyal bureaucrat): 官僚 (guānliáo) (Chinese Mandarin), apparatchik [masculine] (French), kerfiskarl [masculine] (Icelandic), kerfiskona [feminine] (Icelandic), aparatczyk [masculine] (Polish), аппара́тчик (apparátčik) [masculine] (Russian), функционе́р (funkcionér) (english: disapprovingly) [masculine] (Russian), чину́ша (činúša) [colloquial, feminine, masculine, pejorative] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-apparatchik-en-noun-abLGVXT8 Disambiguation of 'blindly loyal bureaucrat': 13 87

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      "expansion": "Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппара́т (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик (-čik).",
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    {
      "form": "apparatchiks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apparatchiki",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1965 February 12, “Russia: Borrowing from the Capitalists”, in Time, volume 85, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2009-03-10:",
          "text": "Whether conservatively toeing their Marx or boldly advocating such heretical Western-style reforms as the primacy of profits, every important planner, apparatchik and economist in Russia is caught up in Communism's greatest debate since Stalin set backward Russia on its cruel-but successful-forced march into the 20th century industrial world.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro, Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 34:",
          "text": "In these dire conditions the ambitious Serbo-Croatian Communist Party apparatchik Slobodan Milošević played the national card in Kosovo.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apparat",
          "apparat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 April 20, “Gonzales v. Gonzales”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Mr. Gonzales came across as a dull-witted apparatchik incapable of running one of the most important departments in the executive branch. […] He delegated responsibility for purging their ranks to an inexperienced and incompetent assistant who, if that’s possible, was even more of a plodding apparatchik.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 February 27, Peter Preston, “The Unfinished Global Revolution by Mark Malloch Brown – review”, in The Observer, →ISSN:",
          "text": "He's so outspoken, so little the Labour apparatchik, that Prime Minister Brown decides he can't send this voluble critic of Iraq invasion to sit at a UN occasion alongside George W Bush.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 June 7, Angelique Chrisafis, quoting Gabriel Attal, “‘You can feel a shift’: will the French be lured by Le Pen?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "“Does France, a founder member of the EU, really want to be the country that sends the biggest battalion of far-right apparatchiks to the European parliament?” [Gabriel] Attal asked.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A blindly loyal bureaucrat."
      ],
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        [
          "bureaucrat",
          "bureaucrat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) A blindly loyal bureaucrat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/æpəˈɹæt͡ʃɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apparatsjik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "word": "apparatsikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apparatchik"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Apparatschik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aparátsik",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "απαράτσικ"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kerfiskommi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apparatcik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apparatčik"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうかんりょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōkanryō",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "word": "党官僚"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aparachiku",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "word": "アパラチク"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "word": "aparatčikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apparatsjik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparatczyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apparatchik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparatchik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nomenclaturist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "apparátčik",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аппара́тчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "apparátčica",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аппара́тчица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparàtčik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "апаратчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apparatchik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "partifunktionär"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "apparattjik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "apparatjik"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aparatshik",
      "sense": "member of a Communist apparat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַפּאַראַטשיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānliáo",
      "sense": "blindly loyal bureaucrat",
      "word": "官僚"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "blindly loyal bureaucrat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apparatchik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "blindly loyal bureaucrat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kerfiskarl"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "blindly loyal bureaucrat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kerfiskona"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "blindly loyal bureaucrat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparatczyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "apparátčik",
      "sense": "blindly loyal bureaucrat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аппара́тчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "disapprovingly",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "funkcionér",
      "sense": "blindly loyal bureaucrat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "функционе́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "činúša",
      "sense": "blindly loyal bureaucrat",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "чину́ша"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apparatchik"
}

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