单词 | polycracy |
释义 | polycracyn. Politics. Government by the many; an instance of this. Cf. polyarchy n.1In later use chiefly with reference to Nazi Germany, and the theory (proposed by M. Broszat, H. Mommsen, and others) that its government was characterized by competing factions rather than by the absolute power of a dictator, or monocracy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by specific number of rulers > [noun] > by many polycracy1581 polyarchy1606 polycoerany1640 polarchy1647 polyarchism1915 polycratism1921 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 185v Ane monstruous policracie of sa monie headis as thair be vsurpit Ministeris. 1661 G. Morley Serm. Coronation Charles II 16 This is the best kind of Polycracy, or..Government under more Princes then one. 1792 J. Alley Observ. Govt. & Constit. Great Brit. 65 (note) Will they [sc. the people of France] calmly sacrifice the monarchy which they have always loved, at the altar of a policracy? 1937 M. Beard & N. Marshall tr. A. Dopsch Econ. & Social Found. European Civilization vi. 174 In the truly primeval period, there was no single rule, but a polycracy of the heads of families. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 May 552/1 It [sc. a historical school of thought] sees the Third Reich as a ‘polycracy’ of rival and competing elements. 1996 J. Hilden Republican & Fascist Germany v. 104 Fritz Todt..provided a perfect example of the dynamism which could be generated under polycracy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581 |
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