social engineern.

Brit.

/ˌsəʊʃl ˌɛn(d)ʒᵻˈnɪə/, U.S.

/ˌsoʊʃ(ə)l ˌɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: social adj., engineer n.

Etymology: < social adj. + engineer n. Compare later social engineering n.

Chiefly Politics.

A person who uses centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behaviour of a society.Not a fixed collocation until the development of social engineering as a practice and educational discipline. See social engineering n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > other branches > one who studies or practises

social engineer1842

social historian1854

social geographer1918

sociobiologist1920

psychosociologist1921

socio-economist1927

squalorologist1957

futurologist1967

social constructivist1988

1842 J. Gray Efficient Remedy Distress of Nations vii. 117 How various and contradictory are the reports of the political and social engineers of the present day.

1890 Times 23 Aug. 9/1 To lift the universal working man into the pride of place and power and wealth is rather more than any of these social engineers quite knows how to accomplish.

1900 W. H. Tolman Industr. Betterment ii. 81 You..need someone on your staff whose sole business will be the planning and direction of movements to improve industrial conditions; in other words you need a social engineer.

1977 Economist 20 Aug. 12/2 Social ills can be ameliorated by social care and social spending, but by how much, how quickly, only the most arrogant of yesterday's social engineers is still prepared to say.

1980 Gazette (Montreal) 22 Mar. 109/2 Woodward and Armstrong..revile the efforts of President and Congress to appoint Supreme Court judges who will not act as left-of-center social engineers.

2002 High Country News 21 Jan. 8/1 Most Greens are funded by out-of-state, tax-sheltered foundations that are, by any stretch, elitist social engineers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	social engineer
释义	social engineern. Brit. /ˌsəʊʃl ˌɛn(d)ʒᵻˈnɪə/, U.S. /ˌsoʊʃ(ə)l ˌɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: social adj., engineer n. Etymology: < social adj. + engineer n. Compare later social engineering n. Chiefly Politics. A person who uses centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behaviour of a society.Not a fixed collocation until the development of social engineering as a practice and educational discipline. See social engineering n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > other branches > one who studies or practises social engineer1842 social historian1854 social geographer1918 sociobiologist1920 psychosociologist1921 socio-economist1927 squalorologist1957 futurologist1967 social constructivist1988 1842 J. Gray Efficient Remedy Distress of Nations vii. 117 How various and contradictory are the reports of the political and social engineers of the present day. 1890 Times 23 Aug. 9/1 To lift the universal working man into the pride of place and power and wealth is rather more than any of these social engineers quite knows how to accomplish. 1900 W. H. Tolman Industr. Betterment ii. 81 You..need someone on your staff whose sole business will be the planning and direction of movements to improve industrial conditions; in other words you need a social engineer. 1977 Economist 20 Aug. 12/2 Social ills can be ameliorated by social care and social spending, but by how much, how quickly, only the most arrogant of yesterday's social engineers is still prepared to say. 1980 Gazette (Montreal) 22 Mar. 109/2 Woodward and Armstrong..revile the efforts of President and Congress to appoint Supreme Court judges who will not act as left-of-center social engineers. 2002 High Country News 21 Jan. 8/1 Most Greens are funded by out-of-state, tax-sheltered foundations that are, by any stretch, elitist social engineers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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