单词 | plutogogue |
释义 | plutogoguen. Chiefly U.S. Now rare. A spokesperson or apologist for the wealthy and their interests; a political agitator who appeals to the wealthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > rich and powerful person > spokesman for plutogogue1894 1894 Westm. Gaz. 17 Feb. 8/1 Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, said the opponents of the income tax are plutogogues. 1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. II. iii. xvi. 474 Since the plutogogues could not fasten any crime on him they fell back on the all-sufficient charge that he was a demagogue. 1937 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Aug. 9/4 [T. V.] Smith called the demagogue, plutogogue and the theogogue, ‘fearful trinity, constituting the very diabolus of democracy’. 2000 People (Socialist Labor Party) Nov. 1/4 Gore and Bush rank as ‘plutogogues’..because they fail to address the real problems confronting the American working class. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894 |
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