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单词 demophilism
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demophilismn.

Brit. /dᵻˈmɒfᵻlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /dəˈmɑfəˌlɪz(ə)m/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek δῆμος , -philism comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek δῆμος people (see demos n.) + -philism comb. form.In later use (compare quots. 1893, 1990) usually after either Russian narodoljubie (1832 or earlier; < narod (see narod n.) + -o- -o- connective + -ljubie love of something (see love n.1)) or (with a different suffix) narodoljubstvo (1869 or earlier). Compare Russian narodoljub and narodoljubec (both 1864 or earlier), both in sense ‘person who is well-disposed towards ordinary people’ (compare demophile n.). Compare Narodnism n.
The state or quality of being friendly or well-disposed towards ordinary people, esp. the mass of ordinary people collectively; advocacy of or support for the advancement of the interests or rights of the masses.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > friendship for
demophilism1871
common touch1910
1871 Ld. Houghton Let. 10 Sept. in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) II. xvii. 253 A demon not of demagoguism, but of demophilism.
1893 P. Milyoukov in Athenæum 1 July 27/2 A vague interest in the lives and habits of the masses, a sort of archæological demophilism.
1908 tr. C. Mauclair in Current Lit. June 631/2 Neither the herd of stupid beasts despised by the bourgeoisie, nor the army of heroes dreamed by the sentimentalists of demophilism.
1990 E. von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Leftism Revisited xvi. 230 Many salient features of the USSR found fertile ground in the American mind..the emphasis on progress and industrialization, the demophilism in Russia (which had always existed) [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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