单词 | corporate state |
释义 | > as lemmascorporate state corporate state n. a state governed by representatives of corporations of the employers and employees in each trade, profession, or industry; (also in extended use) any state run according to corporatist principles; cf. corporative state; more loosely, a society or system that is governed or controlled by corporations, a corporatocracy.Originally and chiefly with reference to Fascist Italy 1925–43, and attested earliest in an account of a speech by Mussolini. ΚΠ 1926 Manch. Guardian 25 May (City ed.) 7/1 In our corporate State all classes have their place, all classes find recognition, all classes receive protection. 1976 New Yorker 3 May 89/1 Marcos has said that he wants to encourage trade unionism, but..it appears in some ways to be moving toward the creation of a syndicalist state not unlike Mussolini's Fascist corporate state. 1994 T. Byrne Local Govt. in Brit. (ed. 6) iv. 106 The joint boards have been criticized for creating public confusion, for fragmenting what should be a coherent approach to urban problems, and for diminishing accountability and democracy by further manifesting the ‘corporate state’ (or corporatism—not to be confused with corporate management). 2000 T. Robbins Fierce Invalids 336 It's hardly headline news that the corporate state and its media are using the latest gadget-com and gimmick-tech to dumb us down. 2012 Sunday Express 4 Nov. 36/4 Businesses dragooned into trade associations which would represent, service and regulate them all at the same time. Shades of Mussolini's corporate state! < as lemmas |
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