单词 | agrodespotic |
释义 | > as lemmasagrodespotic agrodespotic adj. Brit. /ˌaɡrə(ʊ)dᵻˈspɒtɪk/ , U.S. /ˌæɡroʊdəˈspɑdɪk/ now rare of, relating to, or characterized by the rule of a despotic bureaucracy in control of the water supply over a society of small-scale agricultural producers.Associated originally and chiefly with East Asian societies dependent on large-scale, state-controlled hydraulic works. Cf. Oriental despotism n. at oriental adj. and n. Compounds 2.ΚΠ 1957 K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism 4 Under agrodespotic conditions the managerial bureaucracy was the ruling class. 1985 L. Ziring & C. I. E. Kim Asian Polit. Dict. ii. 108 Society's dependence on abundant agriculture, coupled with peasant weakness, explains the existence of agrodespotic states. < as lemmas |
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