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The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- Latin *paro- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin parō Latin apparō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin apparātusder. Russian аппара́т (apparát)bor. English apparat Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus.

noun
  1. An apparatus; an instrument; a device.

Where this word comes from

From German Apparat and Russian аппара́т (apparát). Doublet of apparatus.

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