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mediocracy

/mee-dee-ok-ruh-see/US // ˌmi diˈɒk rə si //

庸人,庸才,平庸,庸人自扰

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural me·di·oc·ra·cies.

    • : government or rule by a mediocre person or group.

Examples

  • The class that lies on the grass is more sociable; they are free from (p. 203) a thousand tyrannies that oppress the mediocracy.

  • How could such facts be understood unless we had previously taken that rapid glance at the Mediocracy.

  • He was cousin of the miller and cousin of the Sarcuses, and belonged therefore to the neighborhood and to its mediocracy.