| 单词 | big lie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig lie big lie n. [originally after German große Lüge (see quot. 1939)] (frequently with capital initials) (with the) a falsehood contrived on such a large scale that its magnitude and definiteness discourage dissent (typically one propagated by a totalitarian regime).Originally associated with Nazi propaganda (see quots. 1939, 1948). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant a lie with a latchet1580 rapper1611 banger1657 thumper1660 whisker1668 swinger1671 thwacker1674 strapper1677 volunteer1680 hummer1699 swapperc1700 rouser?1770 plumper1776 whopper1791 bouncer1803 yanker1822 rattler1825 whacker1825 falsism1835 crumper1855 bang1879 out-and-outer1880 big lie1939 1939 J. Murphy tr. A. Hitler Mein Kampf I. x. 198 All this was inspired by the principle—which is quite true in itself..that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility. 1948 News (San Francisco) 30 July 2/5 This is a continuation of the Nazi theory of the ‘big lie’, expounded by Hitler and Goebbels, that the bigger the lie and the more frequently it is told the more people who would accept it. 1951 in Amer. Speech 26 293/2 Gloomy Washington prophets are forecasting a period of ‘the big lie’, of the furtive informer... They lump the whole under the term McCarthyism. 1990 M. Martin Keys of this Blood 44 The kind of truth that would help free those citizens from the darksome toils of the Big Lie foisted on them by the Party-State. < as lemmas |
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