cadres
Inner circle members
Cadres are the core members of an organization who form its essential framework—the trained, committed personnel around whom a larger structure can be built.
The term appears most often in political and military contexts: party cadres, revolutionary cadres.
In communist movements especially, cadres are the dedicated activists who organize and lead.
The singular cadre can mean either one such person or the group collectively: She was a cadre in the movement, The cadre met weekly to plan strategy.
Gathering for celebration
- communistCollectivist political adherent
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- ideologicalRelating to belief systems
- MarxistCommunist theory follower
Leninist · Maoist · vanguard · apparatchik · functionary · commissar · central committee · indoctrination
Central essential portion
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- personnelWorkers at an organization
team · group · professionals · specialists · experts · workforce · members · managers
Those holding authority
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- personnelWorkers at an organization
- reservesResources held back
veterans · regiment · battalion · corps · unit · detachment · garrison · enlisted
Progress toward maturity
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- formationCreation or arrangement
- educationSystematic development of mind
- instructionGuidance for action
apprenticeship · certification · mentorship · coaching · curriculum · academy · internship · cultivation
party
Gathering for celebration
- communistCollectivist political adherent
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- ideologicalRelating to belief systems
Marxist · Leninist · Maoist · vanguard · apparatchik · functionary · commissar · central committee · indoctrination · loyal
core
Central essential portion
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
personnel · team · group · professionals · specialists · experts · workforce · members · managers · administrators
officers
Those holding authority
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- personnelWorkers at an organization
reserves · veterans · regiment · battalion · corps · unit · detachment · garrison · enlisted · commanding
development
Progress toward maturity
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- formationCreation or arrangement
- educationSystematic development of mind
instruction · apprenticeship · certification · mentorship · coaching · curriculum · academy · internship · cultivation · selection
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- factionsfactions, faction, splinter groups, splinter party, blocs
- Indochina PoliticsCommunist Party, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam War, Politburo, one-party state
- Modern ChinaDeng Xiaoping, Xi Jinping, economic reforms, economic zones, opening up
- North KoreaPyongyang, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-il
cadresrank and file
Ordinary members collectively
foot soldiers · masses · followers · grassroots · workers
cadresamateurs
Nonprofessional participants
novices · uninitiated · fellow travelers · sympathizers · dilettantes
cadresconscripts
Compulsory military personnel
draftees · irregulars · raw recruits · militia · levies