† rotocracyn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rot n.¹, -ocracy comb. form.

Etymology: < rot n.¹ + -ocracy comb. form, after rotten borough n. at rotten adj., n., and adv. Compounds 3.

British Politics. Obsolete. rare.

The body of people having the control of rotten boroughs (see rotten borough n. at rotten adj., n., and adv. Compounds 3).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > constituency > type of > owner or patron of borough > body of in rotten borough

rotocracy1831

1831 Times 26 Jan. 2/4 When the tug of the reform contest comes upon them, the borough dealers—the rot-ocracy—will die hard.

1831 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 101 Lest the Rotocracy should imagine..that it has been the cause of the progress of society.

1833 Times 15 Aug. 3/2 The Tory stickler for abuses, the hater of reform, the friend of the rotocracy, is defeated without hope of recovery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	rotocracy
释义	† rotocracyn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rot n.¹, -ocracy comb. form. Etymology: < rot n.¹ + -ocracy comb. form, after rotten borough n. at rotten adj., n., and adv. Compounds 3. British Politics. Obsolete. rare. The body of people having the control of rotten boroughs (see rotten borough n. at rotten adj., n., and adv. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > constituency > type of > owner or patron of borough > body of in rotten borough rotocracy1831 1831 Times 26 Jan. 2/4 When the tug of the reform contest comes upon them, the borough dealers—the rot-ocracy—will die hard. 1831 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 101 Lest the Rotocracy should imagine..that it has been the cause of the progress of society. 1833 Times 15 Aug. 3/2 The Tory stickler for abuses, the hater of reform, the friend of the rotocracy, is defeated without hope of recovery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1831
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