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单词 mesocracy
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mesocracyn.

Brit. /mɛˈzɒkrəsi/, /mɛˈsɒkrəsi/, U.S. /mɛˈzɑkrəsi/, /mɛˈsɑkrəsi/; see also meso- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meso- comb. form, -ocracy comb. form.
Etymology: < meso- comb. form + -ocracy comb. form. Compare earlier mesocratic adj.
Government by, or the dominance of, the middle classes of society; a society or state governed or controlled by the middle classes.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Mesocracy, government by the middle classes.
1925 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 11 (title) Mesocracy in France: the dictatorship of the middle class.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Aug. 467/3 Mesocracy is the ubiquitous scramble of lobbies, great and small, from home distillers and beet producers to the European minority in Algiers.
1969 I. J. C. Brown Rhapsody of Words 92 Mesocracy..is a fair description of a community which is ruled neither by an aristocracy or a proletarian régime.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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