“ptochocracy”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

ptochocracy

释义

ptochocracy|pt-, təʊˈkɒkrəsɪ|
[f. Gr. πτωχός poor, a beggar + -cracy.]
Government by beggars, the rule of paupers; a governing body consisting of the poor; loosely, the poor as a class.
1774Burgh Pol. Disquisitions I. ii. iv. 50 The British government..is neither absolute monarchy nor limited monarchy, nor aristocracy, nor democracy,..but may be called a ptochocracy (the reader will pardon a new word) or government of beggars.1831Examiner 140/2 Consistently the King has a Pension List for Charity to the Ptochocracy.1878Gladstone Glean. (1879) I. 182 To make its argument good, it should have shown the imminence of a ptochocracy.

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