gentilism
/jen-tl-iz-uhm/US // ˈdʒɛn tlˌɪz əm //
绅士主义,绅士精神,温蒂尔主义,绅士风度
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the quality of being a gentile, especially heathenism; paganism.
Examples
The state differs from gentilism in that it first divides its members by territories.
Gentilism stood powerless in the face of the new elements that had grown without its assistance.
The organs of gentilism changed from servants of the public will to independent organs of rule oppressing their own people.
The lowest police employee of the civilized state has more "authority" than all the organs of gentilism combined.
It shows further how deeply inwrought in the human mind the principle of democracy had become under gentilism.
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