单词 | colonel blimpism |
释义 | > as lemmasColonel Blimpism = blimpery n. Also more fully Colonel Blimpism.In quot. 1937: a pompously reactionary remark. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [noun] reaction1792 statu quo-ism1834 retrogradism1849 reactionism1857 misoneism1886 reactionaryism1907 reactionariness1908 Blimpism1937 blimpery1940 immobilism1949 sclerosis1954 1937 New Statesman 18 Dec. 1055/1 All to the good if people would be careful to send the full context and not send other people's ironical remarks or conscious jokes as if they were Blimpisms. 1943 C. Beaton Near East ii. 29 Blimpism, plus the Cairene climate, are two of Hitler's strongest weapons. 1950 N.Y. Times 4 Mar. 16/7 Colonel Blimpism and rigid Toryism are out once and for all. 2001 Variety (Nexis) 1 Oct. 36 So true in its observations of incompetence, amateurishness and self-satisfied Blimpism at the top of English soccer. < as lemmas |
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