| 释义 |
massify, v.|ˈmæsɪfaɪ|
[f. mass n.2 + -ify.]
trans. To form into a mass, spec. a mass society. Also massifiˈcation; ˈmassified ppl. a.
1954W. G. Peck Christian Econ. i. 20 We shall further massify and denature our people. Ibid. x. 162 He has been calling for security through the further ‘massification’ of his society. 1961R. Williams Long Revolution iii. 350 What the Americans call the ‘massification’ of society can only happen..if a majority of the people whom they regard as ‘the masses’ accept this version of themselves. 1966D. Jenkins Educated Society ii. 59 The Nazis carried to its ruthlessly logical conclusion the attitude of those who wish to massify society for their own ends. Ibid. iv. 176 [A] society suffering from a dull uniformity..is because people have become massified or because those in positions of privilege have become listless. 1967D. Cooper Psychiatry & Anti-Psychiatry ii. 45 Human motivation in courts of law and also in massified political judgements. 1969G. S. Jones in Cockburn & Blackburn Student Power 42 Although there has been a substantial increase in the number of students, there has been nothing like the same process of massification that has occurred in the USA or Japan. |