securocratn.

Brit.

/sᵻˈkjʊərə(ʊ)krat/,

/sᵻˈkjɔːrə(ʊ)krat/, U.S.

/səˈkjʊrəˌkræt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: secure adj., -ocrat comb. form, bureaucrat n.

Etymology: < secure adj. + -ocrat comb. form, punningly after bureaucrat n.

1. U.S. (chiefly depreciative). A person, esp. an official or bureaucrat, who believes social, personal, or national security to be of paramount importance, typically to the exclusion of other concerns.

ΚΠ

1949 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 6 July 10/4 The long-faced ‘securocrats’ have imagined that without federal aid for teachers our schools will collapse.

1950 Dun's Rev. Feb. 67/1 [It] will take only one full generation of securocrats to produce a welfare state dictatorship in America.

1963 Lima (Ohio) News 17 Oct. 17/3 The securocrat is ‘someone who is looking for total security and total security is but an illusion,’ Kraven said.

2005 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 26 July 4 a/2 The securocrats assert that installing cameras everywhere is bound to make you safer.

2. Originally South African. A military or police officer who holds an influential position in government; a high-ranking member of the military or police who has a great deal of political influence.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups > members of

stratocrat1831

tillocrat1858

pedantocrat1883

pornocrat1894

mediocrat1909

gerontocrat1961

securocrat1987

1987 S. Bekker & J. Grobbelaar in D. J. Van Vuuren S. Afr. Election 1987 iv. 72 Substantial power, moreover, was transferred to technocrats and ‘securocrats’: civil servants and military personnel in the new structures.

1990 A. Goldstuck Rabbit in Thorn Tree 33 At the height of PW Botha's ‘securocrat’ rule..the various state security bodies were virtually given the run of the country.

1997 A. Campbell Diary 11 Dec. in Blair Years (2007) 265 There were things in our power we could do now, if we stopped the securocrats from stopping us.

2008 Daily Tel. 2 Apr. 19/3 In a country of sycophantic cabinet ministers and powerless civil servants, real authority in Zimbabwe is wielded by the hard-line ‘securocrats’ who command the armed forces.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	securocrat
释义	securocratn. Brit. /sᵻˈkjʊərə(ʊ)krat/, /sᵻˈkjɔːrə(ʊ)krat/, U.S. /səˈkjʊrəˌkræt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: secure adj., -ocrat comb. form, bureaucrat n. Etymology: < secure adj. + -ocrat comb. form, punningly after bureaucrat n. 1. U.S. (chiefly depreciative). A person, esp. an official or bureaucrat, who believes social, personal, or national security to be of paramount importance, typically to the exclusion of other concerns. ΚΠ 1949 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 6 July 10/4 The long-faced ‘securocrats’ have imagined that without federal aid for teachers our schools will collapse. 1950 Dun's Rev. Feb. 67/1 [It] will take only one full generation of securocrats to produce a welfare state dictatorship in America. 1963 Lima (Ohio) News 17 Oct. 17/3 The securocrat is ‘someone who is looking for total security and total security is but an illusion,’ Kraven said. 2005 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 26 July 4 a/2 The securocrats assert that installing cameras everywhere is bound to make you safer. 2. Originally South African. A military or police officer who holds an influential position in government; a high-ranking member of the military or police who has a great deal of political influence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups > members of stratocrat1831 tillocrat1858 pedantocrat1883 pornocrat1894 mediocrat1909 gerontocrat1961 securocrat1987 1987 S. Bekker & J. Grobbelaar in D. J. Van Vuuren S. Afr. Election 1987 iv. 72 Substantial power, moreover, was transferred to technocrats and ‘securocrats’: civil servants and military personnel in the new structures. 1990 A. Goldstuck Rabbit in Thorn Tree 33 At the height of PW Botha's ‘securocrat’ rule..the various state security bodies were virtually given the run of the country. 1997 A. Campbell Diary 11 Dec. in Blair Years (2007) 265 There were things in our power we could do now, if we stopped the securocrats from stopping us. 2008 Daily Tel. 2 Apr. 19/3 In a country of sycophantic cabinet ministers and powerless civil servants, real authority in Zimbabwe is wielded by the hard-line ‘securocrats’ who command the armed forces. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949
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