Stakhanovism

[ stuh-kah-nuh-viz-uhm, stah-hah-no- ]

noun

1. a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.

Stakhanovism

/ stæˈkænəˌvɪzəm /

noun

1. (in the former Soviet Union) a system designed to raise production by offering incentives to efficient workers

Derived Forms

• Staˈkhanovˌite, nounadjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stakhanovism¹

First recorded in 1935–40; Stakhanov(ite) + -ism

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stakhanovism¹

C20: named after A. G. Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, the worker first awarded benefits under the system in 1935

Example Sentences

Stakhanovism soon became a mass movement.

From The Guardian

Stakhanovism would be useless in a country where the workers all work.

From Time Magazine Archive

Difference Sirs: There is a difference between Stakhanovism and the speedup: The result of Stakhanovism is more goods for the workers, the result of the speed-up is more profits for the bosses.

From Time Magazine Archive

As for famed & fantastic Dusia Vinogradova, that highly temperamental young Juno of the Soviet Textile Trust who makes amazing platform boasts of the scores & scores of Soviet looms she is able to tend simultaneously, the Young Communists sneered that Soviet cinema directors are following Stakhanovite Vinogradova around, beseeching her to realize that, with her obvious talents as a highly emotional actress, she is wasting herself in Stakhanovism and should go on the Soviet screen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here & there some bright Alexei Stakhanov may have a bright idea but in most Russian factories last week correspondents found that Stakhanovism means primarily overexertion.

From Time Magazine Archive