单词 | pillarization |
释义 | pillarizationn. Division or organization of society into parallel groups, each with their own hierarchy, on the basis of religious or ideological difference, esp. in the Netherlands and Belgium. ΚΠ 1959 J. P. Kruijt in Arch. de Sociol. des Religions 8 107 Whether the whole Dutch nation is stronger through this ‘pillarization’ ..remains a problem which has to be resolved. 1979 W. European Polit. 2 64 The difficulties posed by the breakdown of ‘pillarisation’ [in the Netherlands]. 1991 J. Fulton Belief 99 The bishops pursued the Irish catholic community's interests in what could only be called a spirit of ‘pillarization’. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Dec. 49/4 With the emergence in the 1880s of a socialist party that sought to control the growing industrial working class, the ‘pillarization’ of Belgium into liberal, Catholic, and socialist ‘families’ was complete. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959 |
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