| 释义 |
egalitarian, a. and n.|ɪgælɪˈtɛərɪən|
[After F. égalitaire: see -ary and ]
A. adj. That asserts the equality of mankind.
1885G. Murray Under Lens II. 103 Will not hear of the egalitarian doctrine. 1894Daily News 21 July 5/2 The Scot..is, of course, the most ‘egalitarian’ of mankind. 1898J. E. C. Bodley France I. 162 In warlike but egalitarian France. 1909Belloc Marie Antoinette 377 The violent egalitarian mood which had now for a year and more driven the military fury of the Republic. 1930W. K. Hancock Australia iii. 67 The economic and social foundations of the homogeneous egalitarian society.
B. n. One who asserts the equality of mankind.
192019th Cent. July 10 A variant of the superman as noxious as the mediocrity or the egalitarian. 1931A. Huxley Music at Night ii. 123 The theatres in which the egalitarians will enjoy the talkies, tasties, smellies, and feelies.
Hence egaliˈtarianism, the doctrine or condition of such equality.
1932Nation (N.Y.) 6 July 16/1 There is apparently a further identification of egalitarianism, communism, and materialism. 1937Times 8 June 22/5 With an eye to the growing egalitarianism of social life..the ceremonial side of the monarchy should be scrutinized afresh. 1955M. Gluckman Custom & Conflict in Africa ii. 31 Not even the first introduction of..European trade-goods broke up this egalitarianism. |