| 单词 | family government |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfamily government family government n. (a) the action, practice, or system of governing a family or household; an instance of this; (b) a political system in which each family stands alone as a political unit. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > [noun] family government1598 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > government of family family government1598 society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > other systems > [noun] > system where each family is a political unit family government1803 1598 R. Cleaver Godly Form Househ. Gouernement 2 Mans wisedome reacheth but vnto one point, and that the least of that which family gouernment tendeth vnto. 1644 S. Rutherford Lex, Rex vii. 48 How Noah was a King, or there was any Monarchicall government in the world then, the Prelate hath alone dreamed it: There was but Familie-government. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. v. 124 We must set up a Family Government entirely new. 1803 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 34 In politics, they appear to have scarcely advanced beyond family-government. 1904 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 658 It is a pity that democracy, being the fine thing it essentially is, should behave so rudely. Must we come to family government, in order to be filial or fraternal in our bearing with one another? 1999 W. E. Langley Encycl. Human Rights Issues since 1945 103 Domestic violence against women..has been treated as a private matter to be dealt with by ‘family government’. < as lemmas |
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