单词 | whigocracy |
释义 | Whigocracyn. historical after mid 19th cent. Government or rule by Whigs or the Whig Party; a ruling elite of Whigs. Cf. Whigarchy n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of whigs Whigarchy1712 Whigocracy1831 society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups stratocracy1652 Praetorian Guard1735 oligarchy1823 vampirarchy1823 hierocracy1828 gerontocracy1830 Whigocracy1831 plantocracy1839 mediocracy1845 squattocracy1846 snobocracy1853 pedantocracy1856 foolocracy1859 thugocracy1896 pigmentocracy1949 xenocracy1965 1831 Age 27 Nov. 380/2 The King, at the expiration of the first year of the Whigocracy, is obliged to throw himself upon his prerogative. 1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 568 Any of the Whigocracy. 1860 Belfast News-let. 5 May Those scions of the Whigocracy whom Mr. Bright makes it his mission to abuse. 1927 J. B. Clark Populism in Alabama i. 15 Many citizens of the hill counties..charged that slavocracy and whigocracy of the black belt forced secession and war on the state. 2014 M. Kelsall in P. Cochran Aspects of Byron's Don Juan 209 Disraeli was well aware just how aristocratic Byron's buff and blue Whigocracy were. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1831 |
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