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Definition of tin god in English: tin godnoun 1A person, especially a minor official, who is pompous and self-important. all government officials become little tin gods Example sentencesExamples - The opposition Liberals accused him of acting like a ‘tin god,’ and the New Democrats called for the abolishment of censorship entirely.
- Is it that the power felt by such a person when standing before people who treat him as a tin god results in a loss of sanity?
- But you sense that he will run the show his way and give Wales some much-needed direction, whether one or two little tin gods like it or not.
- The time is also long overdue to re-examine lifetime appointments of judges, which allows them to act like little tin gods, at the expense of our freedom and the country's elected government.
- Wee-eell, said the little tin gods who run the benefits department, that depends on your son.
- 1.1 An object of unjustified veneration or respect.
Example sentencesExamples - The final nail in its coffin was the company's absurd decision to kowtow to the tin god of its licensing agreements.
- These are always good questions, but they may be especially powerful when the tin god of Net Worth is looking particularly hollow.
Definition of tin god in US English: tin godnounˌtin ˈɡäd 1A person, especially a minor official, who is pompous and self-important. all government officials become little tin gods Example sentencesExamples - The opposition Liberals accused him of acting like a ‘tin god,’ and the New Democrats called for the abolishment of censorship entirely.
- Is it that the power felt by such a person when standing before people who treat him as a tin god results in a loss of sanity?
- Wee-eell, said the little tin gods who run the benefits department, that depends on your son.
- But you sense that he will run the show his way and give Wales some much-needed direction, whether one or two little tin gods like it or not.
- The time is also long overdue to re-examine lifetime appointments of judges, which allows them to act like little tin gods, at the expense of our freedom and the country's elected government.
- 1.1 An object of unjustified veneration or respect.
Example sentencesExamples - These are always good questions, but they may be especially powerful when the tin god of Net Worth is looking particularly hollow.
- The final nail in its coffin was the company's absurd decision to kowtow to the tin god of its licensing agreements.
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