Eurocracyn.

Brit.

/jᵿˈrɒkrəsi/,

/jɔːˈrɒkrəsi/, U.S.

/jʊˈrɑkrəsi/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Euro- comb. form, -cracy comb. form.

Etymology: < Euro- comb. form + -cracy comb. form. In sense 2 punningly after bureaucracy n.With sense 2 compare slightly earlier Eurocrat n. and Eurocratic adj.

1. Government by Europeans of a country or region outside Europe; (also) a country or region governed in this way. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1940 A. Lahiri Mikado's Mission vii. 148 Let China cooperate with Japan who has taken the lead in liberation of Asia from the bondage of Eurocracy.

1961 C. Morris Hour after Midnight xiii. 104 The franchise qualifications have been fixed at a level which is intended to ensure that Central Africa remains a ‘Eurocracy’.

2. The centralized bureaucratic administration associated with various European bodies, such as the European Economic Community, the European Union, etc.; government by Eurocrats.

ΚΠ

1963 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 21 Jan. 4/7 Europe under Spaak would be run from Brussels... If there is an uglier or duller word than Eurocracy, I don't know it.

1972 Times 7 Dec. 19/1 Eurocracy has a human face.

1992 ELT Jrnl. 46 98 We may well fall victim to the edicts of a faceless eurocracy.

2000 National Trust Mag. Spring 59/1 Dull-sounding, this piece of Eurocracy ties up nature conservation and rural livelihoods in one financial deal.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eurocracy
释义	Eurocracyn. Brit. /jᵿˈrɒkrəsi/, /jɔːˈrɒkrəsi/, U.S. /jʊˈrɑkrəsi/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Euro- comb. form, -cracy comb. form. Etymology: < Euro- comb. form + -cracy comb. form. In sense 2 punningly after bureaucracy n.With sense 2 compare slightly earlier Eurocrat n. and Eurocratic adj. 1. Government by Europeans of a country or region outside Europe; (also) a country or region governed in this way. Now rare. ΚΠ 1940 A. Lahiri Mikado's Mission vii. 148 Let China cooperate with Japan who has taken the lead in liberation of Asia from the bondage of Eurocracy. 1961 C. Morris Hour after Midnight xiii. 104 The franchise qualifications have been fixed at a level which is intended to ensure that Central Africa remains a ‘Eurocracy’. 2. The centralized bureaucratic administration associated with various European bodies, such as the European Economic Community, the European Union, etc.; government by Eurocrats. ΚΠ 1963 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 21 Jan. 4/7 Europe under Spaak would be run from Brussels... If there is an uglier or duller word than Eurocracy, I don't know it. 1972 Times 7 Dec. 19/1 Eurocracy has a human face. 1992 ELT Jrnl. 46 98 We may well fall victim to the edicts of a faceless eurocracy. 2000 National Trust Mag. Spring 59/1 Dull-sounding, this piece of Eurocracy ties up nature conservation and rural livelihoods in one financial deal. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940
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