释义 |
Rexism|ˈrɛksɪz(ə)m| [f. L. (Christus) Rex, (Christ) the King: see -ism.] A right-wing Roman Catholic political movement established in 1935 in Belgium. So ˈRexist n. and a.
1936Times 23 May 13/5 The Liberals represent the ‘Rexists’ as disguised Catholics. At all events, in spite of an entrance fee used for propaganda, the ‘Rexist’ meetings have drawn the biggest crowds. Ibid. 26 Oct. 13/3 M. Vandervelde, the Minister for Public Health, to-day addressed the Socialist Congress in Brussels on the attitude of the Socialist Party towards recent events, internal and external. His remarks on the relative merits of Rexism and Communism were loudly cheered by the Congress. 1937‘E. B. Ashton’ Fascist viii. 245 M. Degrelle's ‘Rexists’. 1954B. & R. North tr. Duverger's Pol. Parties ii. ii. 313 The violent surge of Rexism in Belgium in 1936 followed by just as violent a decline. 1966‘Han Suyin’ Mortal Flower xvi. 344 Degrelle (who had organized the Rexists, something like the Nazi Brownshirts). 1971M. Lyon Belgium v. 70 In 1935 a twenty-nine-year-old ex-student of Louvain University named Léon Degrelle started a Belgian movement in favour of his own brand of authoritarianism flavoured with Christianity, which he called Rexism from the name Christus Rex (Christ the King). |