demolaterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

demolater (複数形 demolaters)

1. (rare, nonce word) an adherent of demolatry, especially in a derogatory sense of having an excessive regard for the common people

   1987, Sartori, Giovanni, “2.2: The People in Mass Society”, in The Theory of Democracy Revisited, page 25:

   The demolater does speak of "real people"; but he ends, in truth, with making a fetish of an ideal people accurately placed out of sight.

関連する語

• demomaniac

参照

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Demolater”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 184, column 1.