Great Satann.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈseɪtn/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈseɪtn/

Forms: 1800s– Great Satan, 1900s– great Satan, 1900s– great satan.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., Satan n.

Etymology: < great adj. + Satan n.In those uses in sense 2 that reflect use by Ayatollah Khomeini, after Persian Šayṭān-i buzurg (itself after Arabic Al-Šayṭān al-kabīr), colloquial expression referring to the first and largest of the three jamarāt (pillars) at Minā, a place between Mecca and Arafāt, which is ritually stoned during Hajj. The same colloquial expression is translated as Great Devil in the following:1856 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah III. xxxi. 282 We found a swarming crowd in the narrow road opposite the ‘Jamrat el Akabah’, or, as it is vulgarly called, the Shaytan el Kabir—the ‘Great Devil’... The ‘Shaytan el Kabir’ is a dwarf buttress of rude masonry, about eight feet high by two and a half broad, placed against a rough wall of stones, at the Meccan entrance to Muna.

1. The ultimate source of evil; an extremely negative social or political phenomenon; an arch-enemy.In later use influenced by sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun] > deadly enemy > chief enemy

arch-enemy1550

arch-foe1615

Great Satanc1820

c1820 W. Blake Laocoön in Compl. Writings (1972) 776 Money, which is The Great Satan.

1948 M. K. Gandhi in Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 30 Jan. 11/1 Imperialism is the great Satan of our day.

1982 Social Text No. 6. 74 A helpful postulate might thus be to read the Other's press and writings (even to the point of following texts of that true Other, our Great Satan, the USSR).

1998 Independent on Sunday 30 Aug. (Review Suppl.) 30/3 The item concerned the precipitous decline in the market for alcopops, the Great Satan of the campaign against under-age drinking.

2010 A. Thierer in B. Szoka & A. Marcus Next Digital Decade ii. 143 So many have blasted Windows as the Great Satan of closed code.

2. derogatory. The United States, viewed as an imperialistic and malevolent power, esp. in the context of U.S. policy in the Middle East.Quot. 1979 (and ult. most later use) reflects use by Ayatollah Khomeini (born Ruhollah Al-Musavi Khomeini; 1902–89), Iranian cleric and revolutionary leader, during the Iranian revolution of 1979 (see note in etymology).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun] > deadly enemy > public enemy

public enemy1548

enemy of the people1888

public enemy number one1930

Great Satan1967

1967 Washington Post 11 Jan. a16/5 ‘I think the Pope can use his great authority..to support our small people,’ Ho [Chi Minh] said, adding that there is only one fact, namely that the great satan is oppressing a small, peace-loving people.

1979 N.Y. Times 6 Nov. a18/1 In the zealous eyes of Ayatollah Khomeini, America is the ‘great satan’ and Great Britain its ‘evil’ ally.

1981 H. Algar tr. R. Khomeini Islam & Revol. 305 Iran has tried to sever all its relations with this Great Satan and it is for this reason that it now finds wars imposed upon it. America has urged Iraq to spill the blood of our young men.

1987 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Oct. The Iranian leadership..adjusts to the unpleasant novelty of having the Great Satan—complete with attack helicopters, warships and a truculent mood—prowling freely in its own backyard.

2003 I. Manji Trouble with Islam vi. 148 That the Saudis have formed an alliance with the Great Satan only affirms to bin Laden the depth of defilement in the White House and the House of Saud.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great satan
释义	Great Satann. Brit. /ˌɡreɪt ˈseɪtn/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪt ˈseɪtn/ Forms: 1800s– Great Satan, 1900s– great Satan, 1900s– great satan. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., Satan n. Etymology: < great adj. + Satan n.In those uses in sense 2 that reflect use by Ayatollah Khomeini, after Persian Šayṭān-i buzurg (itself after Arabic Al-Šayṭān al-kabīr), colloquial expression referring to the first and largest of the three jamarāt (pillars) at Minā, a place between Mecca and Arafāt, which is ritually stoned during Hajj. The same colloquial expression is translated as Great Devil in the following:1856 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah III. xxxi. 282 We found a swarming crowd in the narrow road opposite the ‘Jamrat el Akabah’, or, as it is vulgarly called, the Shaytan el Kabir—the ‘Great Devil’... The ‘Shaytan el Kabir’ is a dwarf buttress of rude masonry, about eight feet high by two and a half broad, placed against a rough wall of stones, at the Meccan entrance to Muna. 1. The ultimate source of evil; an extremely negative social or political phenomenon; an arch-enemy.In later use influenced by sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun] > deadly enemy > chief enemy arch-enemy1550 arch-foe1615 Great Satanc1820 c1820 W. Blake Laocoön in Compl. Writings (1972) 776 Money, which is The Great Satan. 1948 M. K. Gandhi in Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 30 Jan. 11/1 Imperialism is the great Satan of our day. 1982 Social Text No. 6. 74 A helpful postulate might thus be to read the Other's press and writings (even to the point of following texts of that true Other, our Great Satan, the USSR). 1998 Independent on Sunday 30 Aug. (Review Suppl.) 30/3 The item concerned the precipitous decline in the market for alcopops, the Great Satan of the campaign against under-age drinking. 2010 A. Thierer in B. Szoka & A. Marcus Next Digital Decade ii. 143 So many have blasted Windows as the Great Satan of closed code. 2. derogatory. The United States, viewed as an imperialistic and malevolent power, esp. in the context of U.S. policy in the Middle East.Quot. 1979 (and ult. most later use) reflects use by Ayatollah Khomeini (born Ruhollah Al-Musavi Khomeini; 1902–89), Iranian cleric and revolutionary leader, during the Iranian revolution of 1979 (see note in etymology). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun] > deadly enemy > public enemy public enemy1548 enemy of the people1888 public enemy number one1930 Great Satan1967 1967 Washington Post 11 Jan. a16/5 ‘I think the Pope can use his great authority..to support our small people,’ Ho [Chi Minh] said, adding that there is only one fact, namely that the great satan is oppressing a small, peace-loving people. 1979 N.Y. Times 6 Nov. a18/1 In the zealous eyes of Ayatollah Khomeini, America is the ‘great satan’ and Great Britain its ‘evil’ ally. 1981 H. Algar tr. R. Khomeini Islam & Revol. 305 Iran has tried to sever all its relations with this Great Satan and it is for this reason that it now finds wars imposed upon it. America has urged Iraq to spill the blood of our young men. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Oct. The Iranian leadership..adjusts to the unpleasant novelty of having the Great Satan—complete with attack helicopters, warships and a truculent mood—prowling freely in its own backyard. 2003 I. Manji Trouble with Islam vi. 148 That the Saudis have formed an alliance with the Great Satan only affirms to bin Laden the depth of defilement in the White House and the House of Saud. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1820
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