单词 | boloism |
释义 | Boloismn. Nefarious anti-patriotic activities resembling those of Paul Bolo; esp. the engineering of underground pacifist propaganda in favour of an enemy country. Also more vaguely: Bolshevism. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Russian politics > [noun] > Bolshevism Boloism1917 Bolshevism1917 Bolshevikism1919 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treason > other specific activity Boloism1917 1917 Lloyd George in Times 23 Oct. 6/2 See what has happened in France..and look out for Boloism in all its shapes and forms. 1919 War Slang in Athenæum 11 July 582/2 In his [sc. the British soldier's] linguistic haziness he used ‘Boloism’ as a synonym for ‘Bolshevism’, and found an etymology for both in ‘Bolo’, a variant of ‘diabolo’, the devil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1917 |
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