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- noun Plural form of
Stakhanovite .
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Examples
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Stakhanovites of deliberative democracy — thanks for that one.
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But compared to the dolce vita of central Europe, we are up there among the Stakhanovites.
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Then we pretend to be shocked when they respond just like Stakhanovites in a Soviet factory, turning out more and more of shoddier and shoddier product.
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The Soviet Union was not just made up of political leaders, Stakhanovites, shock workers and cosmonauts.
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The problem isn’t that we need people to turn into utopian citizens, Stakhanovites of deliberative democracy eager to sink their teeth into every issue.
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So long as we labor like Stakhanovites, over and above the norm, that victory will be ours.”
Counting Up, Counting Down Turtledove, Harry 2002
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