Definition of Pantisocracy in English:
Pantisocracy
noun ˌpantɪˈsɒkrəsiˌpæn(t)əˈsɑkrəsi
mass nounA form of utopian social organization in which all are equal in social position and responsibility.
Example sentencesExamples
- [Coleridge and Southey] threw themselves into planning Pantisocracy: an experimental and ideal community founded on human reason and directed toward human perfection.
- Priestley left his home - what was left of it - went to London, and in 1794 emigrated to the banks of the Susquehanna River where he and other intellectuals tried to set up a utopian community (Pantisocracy).
- Coleridge even dreamt up a new word "Pantisocracy" to describe their new society: it meant "equal rule by all."
Origin
Late 18th century: from panto- 'all' + Greek isokratia 'equality of power'.
Definition of Pantisocracy in US English:
Pantisocracy
nounˌpæn(t)əˈsɑkrəsiˌpan(t)əˈsäkrəsē
A form of utopian social organization in which all are equal in social position and responsibility.
Example sentencesExamples
- [Coleridge and Southey] threw themselves into planning Pantisocracy: an experimental and ideal community founded on human reason and directed toward human perfection.
- Coleridge even dreamt up a new word "Pantisocracy" to describe their new society: it meant "equal rule by all."
- Priestley left his home - what was left of it - went to London, and in 1794 emigrated to the banks of the Susquehanna River where he and other intellectuals tried to set up a utopian community (Pantisocracy).
Origin
Late 18th century: from panto- ‘all’ + Greek isokratia ‘equality of power’.