commissar
/,kɔmi'sɑ:/
Definition
- Noun:
- A political officer in a communist party, especially one responsible for political education and loyalty within a military unit: A commissar is an official appointed by a communist party to ensure political orthodoxy, indoctrinate personnel with party doctrine, and maintain loyalty to the party's leadership, particularly within the armed forces.
Usage and Examples
- Noun:
- The political commissar addressed the troops on the importance of party loyalty.
- During the Soviet era, every army unit had a commissar working alongside the military commander.
Advanced Usage and Context
- The role of a commissar historically extended beyond the military to include oversight in government agencies and industrial enterprises to enforce party policy.
- The term often carries connotations of strict ideological control and surveillance.
- "Political commissar": A more specific term frequently used interchangeably with "commissar" to emphasize the political, non-military command role.
Variants and Related Words
- Commissariat (noun): The department or officials headed by a commissar; a government department in the Soviet Union.
- He worked in the food commissariat.
Synonyms
- Political officer
- Party overseer
- Ideological instructor
Related Phrases and Terms
- Commissar Order: Refers to a specific, notorious German military order during World War II regarding the treatment of Soviet political commissars.
- People's Commissar: A historical title for the head of a government department in the early Soviet Union (equivalent to a minister).
Noun
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an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
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