- Adjective: Apparatchiks
- a member of a communist party apparat.
- a blindly devoted official, follower, or member of an organization (such as a corporation or political party)
- Synonyms:
- comrad
- sympathizer
- party drudge
- Usage
- “Now, this was never true, and in an era of rising inequality and declining traditional industries, some of the biggest beneficiaries of these safety net programs are members of the Trump-supporting white working class. But the modern G.O.P. basically consists of career apparatchiks who live in an intellectual bubble, and those Reagan-era stereotypes still dominate their picture of struggling Americans. ”
- Encountered
- Paul Krugman editorial in the New York Times
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