apparatchiki
/ˌɑpəˈrɑtʃɪki/
noun
- Members of a political party or government bureaucracy, especially in a communist system, who are loyal to the organization and follow orders without question.
- The apparatchiki carried out the party's orders without hesitation.
- Many apparatchiki rose through the ranks by showing absolute loyalty.
- The old apparatchiki resisted any reforms that threatened their power.
- By extension, any rigid, unquestioning bureaucrat or functionary in a large organization.
- The university's apparatchiki made it difficult for new ideas to get funding.
- The company's apparatchiki refused to approve the project because it didn't follow standard procedure.
- He was just another apparatchiki, more concerned with rules than with results.
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