单词 | anti-democrat |
释义 | anti-ˈdemocratn. One who is opposed to democracy or to the principles of the Democratic party in the United States (see democratic adj. 2). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party > anti-democrat anti-democrat1802 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > democratism > adherent of > not anti-democrata1937 1802 (title) The Republican; or, Anti-Democrat [cited in D.A.]. 1855 Bristed in Fraser's Mag. LII. 521 Many of the Southern anti-Democrats..carried them [sc. some doctrines] to greater length than the Democrats themselves. a1937 J. L. Stocks Reason & Intuition (1939) vii. 112 The imposture of collective wisdom, of which anti-democrats talk. 1945 K. R. Popper Open Society i. x. 161 He [sc. Thucydides] probably did not support the treacherous acts of the extreme anti-democrats. Derivatives ˌanti-demoˈcratic adj. ΚΠ 1837 U.S. Mag. & Democr. Rev. Oct. 10 That extensive anti-democratic corruption of sentiment in some portions of our people. 1842 J. S. Mill Let. 6 Apr. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 514 Some of the opinions are likely to be considered ultra-liberal, although..rather anti-democratic. 1881 J. P. Mahaffy Old Greek Educ. xi. 140 The antidemocratic tone of the schools. 1939 War Illustr. 9 Dec. 416/3 Fascism remains anti-Communist, but it also remains obstinately anti-democratic. ˌanti-deˈmocracy adj. ΚΠ 1909 G. K. Chesterton Orthodoxy ix. 281 These supernatural things are never denied except on the basis of anti-democracy or of materialist dogmatism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1802 |
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