单词 | rasputinism |
释义 | Rasputinismn. The principles and practices considered characteristic of Rasputin, esp. debauchery or the exercise of corrupting influence over a government or ruler. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > one who or that which > corrupting influence or agency > specific Rasputinism1918 1918 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Jan. 3/1 Bolshevism, in Mr. Wilton's opinion, is nothing but Rasputinism under another name. 1919 W. Le Queux Rasputinism in London xii. 160 London is surely vicious enough without the evil practices of Rasputinism! 1933 H. G. Wells Shape of Things to Come ii. iv. 169 It had a touch of Rasputinism, this revival of the ancient heresy that one must sin thoroughly before one can be saved. 1975 Economist 8 Feb. 35/3 But a new decree, signed by Sra Perón herself, has made it clear that he [sc. her private secretary] will have the last word about whom she sees and what she is told. This latest step towards the legitimisation of rasputinism (the latest word to be coined here [sc. in Argentina]) has aroused the armed forces. 1997 C. Evtuhov Cross & Sickle iv. xi. 210 Bulgakov's assignment was to outline the council's stand on the Christological question..made urgent by the pervasive heretical notions of the Athos monks, Symbolism, Tolstoyism, Rasputinism, sectarianism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918 |
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