Moral Rearmamentn.

Brit.

/ˌmɒrəl ˌriːˈɑːməm(ə)nt/,

/ˌmɒrəl rɪˈɑːməm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɔr(ə)l riˈɑrməm(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moral adj., rearmament n.

Etymology: < moral adj. + rearmament n.

Now historical.

(The name of) an international organization founded in 1938 by Frank Buchman (1878–1961) which promotes a re-evaluation of personal attitudes and beliefs in order to foster greater understanding and cooperation between nations; the principles or practices of this movement. Also in extended use. Cf. Buchmanism n. Abbreviated MRA.The organization grew out of the Oxford Group Movement (see group n. 3j), founded by Buchman in 1921.In 2001 renamed Initiatives of Change.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Buchmanism > [noun]

Buchmanism1928

groupism1933

Moral Rearmament1940

1933 Times 26 Sept. 16/1 There has been much talk of ‘moral disarmament’; the best description of what one sees, hears, and feels to be going on in Germany is ‘moral’ rearmament in a spirit of aggressiveness.

1938 Times 2 Nov. 6/4 Moral rearmament, which is the true basis of national fitness, is an individual responsibility.]

1940 Earl of Athlone et al. Moral Re-armament 3 Moral Re-Armament stands for a change of heart, for that new spirit which must animate all human relationships.

1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie iv. 80 If the British people had gone all out for moral rearmament and real appeasement, things need never have reached this pass.

1951 V. A. Demant What is happening to Us? iii. 22 The Emperor Augustus tried to save the civilization of Ancient Rome by reviving the old cults..and the poet Horace..wrote his lovely Odes to help in this older version of ‘Moral Rearmament’.

1973 Guardian 11 June 11/6 We were made to confess all our weaknesses... It was like Moral Re-Armament.

1992 T. Newburn Permission & Regulation (BNC) In a speech in 1938, Buchman suggested that ‘..nations must re-arm morally’ and the phrase stuck, the Oxford Group becoming known thenceforward as the Moral Re-armament movement.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moral rearmament
释义	Moral Rearmamentn. Brit. /ˌmɒrəl ˌriːˈɑːməm(ə)nt/, /ˌmɒrəl rɪˈɑːməm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈˌmɔr(ə)l riˈɑrməm(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moral adj., rearmament n. Etymology: < moral adj. + rearmament n. Now historical. (The name of) an international organization founded in 1938 by Frank Buchman (1878–1961) which promotes a re-evaluation of personal attitudes and beliefs in order to foster greater understanding and cooperation between nations; the principles or practices of this movement. Also in extended use. Cf. Buchmanism n. Abbreviated MRA.The organization grew out of the Oxford Group Movement (see group n. 3j), founded by Buchman in 1921.In 2001 renamed Initiatives of Change. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Buchmanism > [noun] Buchmanism1928 groupism1933 Moral Rearmament1940 1933 Times 26 Sept. 16/1 There has been much talk of ‘moral disarmament’; the best description of what one sees, hears, and feels to be going on in Germany is ‘moral’ rearmament in a spirit of aggressiveness. 1938 Times 2 Nov. 6/4 Moral rearmament, which is the true basis of national fitness, is an individual responsibility.] 1940 Earl of Athlone et al. Moral Re-armament 3 Moral Re-Armament stands for a change of heart, for that new spirit which must animate all human relationships. 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie iv. 80 If the British people had gone all out for moral rearmament and real appeasement, things need never have reached this pass. 1951 V. A. Demant What is happening to Us? iii. 22 The Emperor Augustus tried to save the civilization of Ancient Rome by reviving the old cults..and the poet Horace..wrote his lovely Odes to help in this older version of ‘Moral Rearmament’. 1973 Guardian 11 June 11/6 We were made to confess all our weaknesses... It was like Moral Re-Armament. 1992 T. Newburn Permission & Regulation (BNC) In a speech in 1938, Buchman suggested that ‘..nations must re-arm morally’ and the phrase stuck, the Oxford Group becoming known thenceforward as the Moral Re-armament movement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940
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