| 单词 |
polyocracy |
| 释义 |
polyocracy, n.|pɒlɪˈɒkrəsɪ|
[f. poly-, freq. taken as shortened f. polytechnic n., + -ocracy.]
A section of the establishment collectively considered to represent a progressive, esp. left-wing, political alignment, esp. on social issues. With the.
1975K. Waterhouse in Daily Mirror 23 Oct. 12/5 The Polyocracy... Education:..more likely polytechnic or similar. Job: Teacher, social worker, writer, artist. Ibid. 27 Oct. 12/2 What Colonel Blimp is to the middle class and Alf Garnett to the working class, so the militant Marxist Squatter, drop-out or demonstrator is to the Polyocracy. 1979Observer 7 Oct. 9/6 There is another, though connected, explanation. It lies in what can be termed the Rise of the Polyocracy... Today the expansion of higher education, together with the consequent rise of the supposedly ‘caring’ professions..has produced a new race of activists. 1984Spectator 1 Sept. 13/2 The newspaper relies for much of its readership..on what has been called the polyocracy, the new establishment of teachers, social workers, race relations and equal opportunity officials and almost everyone in the bureaucracies of local government. 1989Boardroom July 62/2 Neither should settlers be concerned about what the Polyocracy will do to Islington schools when the time comes. |
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