subbotnikn.

Brit.

/suːˈbɒtnɪk/, U.S.

/suˈbɑtnɪk/

Inflections: Plural subbotniks, subbotniki.

Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian subbotnik.

Etymology: < Russian subbotnik a day, typically a Saturday, worked without pay for the benefit of the collective (1919) < subbota Saturday (compare sabbath n.) + -nik -nik suffix. Compare Saturdaying n. and later Saturdayite n.The use in sense 1 probably arose from a misinterpretation of the Russian word: compare Saturdayite n. In plural form subbotniki after the Russian plural form.

Russian History.

1. In the Soviet Union: a person who follows the practice of working without pay on Saturdays. rare.This use is not paralleled in Russian (compare note at Saturdayite n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > subordinating personal life

company man1873

subbotnik1920

organization man1956

org-man1961

corporate man1971

1920 19th Cent. Sept. 399 This mutilation was due to an accident which had happened to him while he was a subbotnik. Subbotniki..are workmen who work on Saturday (Subbota) for the benefit of the Government: there is quite a large subbotnik movement in Russia.

2. In the Soviet Union: a day, typically a Saturday, worked without pay for the benefit of the collective. Cf. Saturdaying n.The practice originated with workers on the Moscow-Kazan railway in Moscow on 10 May 1919.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > working on a Saturday

Saturdaying1920

subbotnik1921

1921 tr. L. Trotsky Def. of Terrorism viii. 136 The flourishing, unprecedented in the history of humanity, of labor voluntarism in the form of subbotniks (Communist Saturdays).

1959 C. Landauer European Socialism I. xxvii. 772 The response to the call for subbotnik work left much to be desired.

1975 T. P. Whitney tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Gulag Archipel. II. iii. i. 14 Soon after that there began the Communist ‘subbotniki’—‘voluntary Saturdays’.

1979 Nature 16 Aug. 532/3 The Vietnamese economy is in such an urgent state that 75% of the proceeds of this year's Subbotnik, the Saturday in April when Soviet citizens contribute a day's work for the good of the economy, are to be devoted to Vietnam.

1996 J. Aves Workers against Lenin ii. 74 The decision to turn May Day into a compulsory subbotnik was particularly controversial.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	subbotnik
释义	subbotnikn. Brit. /suːˈbɒtnɪk/, U.S. /suˈbɑtnɪk/ Inflections: Plural subbotniks, subbotniki. Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian subbotnik. Etymology: < Russian subbotnik a day, typically a Saturday, worked without pay for the benefit of the collective (1919) < subbota Saturday (compare sabbath n.) + -nik -nik suffix. Compare Saturdaying n. and later Saturdayite n.The use in sense 1 probably arose from a misinterpretation of the Russian word: compare Saturdayite n. In plural form subbotniki after the Russian plural form. Russian History. 1. In the Soviet Union: a person who follows the practice of working without pay on Saturdays. rare.This use is not paralleled in Russian (compare note at Saturdayite n.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > subordinating personal life company man1873 subbotnik1920 organization man1956 org-man1961 corporate man1971 1920 19th Cent. Sept. 399 This mutilation was due to an accident which had happened to him while he was a subbotnik. Subbotniki..are workmen who work on Saturday (Subbota) for the benefit of the Government: there is quite a large subbotnik movement in Russia. 2. In the Soviet Union: a day, typically a Saturday, worked without pay for the benefit of the collective. Cf. Saturdaying n.The practice originated with workers on the Moscow-Kazan railway in Moscow on 10 May 1919. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > working on a Saturday Saturdaying1920 subbotnik1921 1921 tr. L. Trotsky Def. of Terrorism viii. 136 The flourishing, unprecedented in the history of humanity, of labor voluntarism in the form of subbotniks (Communist Saturdays). 1959 C. Landauer European Socialism I. xxvii. 772 The response to the call for subbotnik work left much to be desired. 1975 T. P. Whitney tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Gulag Archipel. II. iii. i. 14 Soon after that there began the Communist ‘subbotniki’—‘voluntary Saturdays’. 1979 Nature 16 Aug. 532/3 The Vietnamese economy is in such an urgent state that 75% of the proceeds of this year's Subbotnik, the Saturday in April when Soviet citizens contribute a day's work for the good of the economy, are to be devoted to Vietnam. 1996 J. Aves Workers against Lenin ii. 74 The decision to turn May Day into a compulsory subbotnik was particularly controversial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1920
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