单词 | stratarchy |
释义 | † stratarchyn.1 Obsolete. rare. 1. Government by the army; military rule. Cf. stratocracy n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > other systems > [noun] > military government martial law1533 stratocracy1652 sword-law1667 stratarchy1691 statocracya1704 militarism1841 militaryism1848 1691 tr. R. Manley Hist. Rebellions ii. iii. 286 A Tyrannous Stratarchy, or Club-law being introduced under the Vail of a Free State. 2. The system of organization in an army, in which each rank is directly accountable to, and takes orders from, the one above in a chain of command. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > systems of rule stratarchy1877 1877 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Mar. 18 A hierarchy..is broadly distinguished from a stratarchy, from the corps of officers of an army, where an absolute obedience is due from the private soldier, and from every successive grade, to a superior. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). stratarchyn.2 Politics (originally North American). A system of rule (esp. within a political party) in which power is dispersed or distributed throughout various ranks. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > party machine > types of control of caucusing1788 wire-pulling1835 wire-working1835 bossism1881 boss-ship1882 bossdom1888 caciquism1903 stratarchy1950 1950 H. D. Lasswell & A. Kaplan Power & Society ix. 219 Intermediate between an oligarchy and a republic is a type of rule which might be called stratarchy. The ruling group proliferates into an extensive hierarchy, to such a degree that a high proportion of the body politic may be exercising some weight of power. 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 31 443 Stratarchy and its decentralized modes may..frustrate leadership coherence and operational ingenuity. 1974 D. Adamany in H. E. Alexander Stud. in Money in Politics III. xx. 9 Because of stratarchy, many centers within the party have sufficient resources to wage vigorous and sustained internecine warfare. 2004 D. Baker in M. O'Neill Devolution & Brit. Politics viii. 214 Stratarchy exists whenever power is dispersed between various party strata. 2012 K. Detterbeck Multi-level Party Politics W. Europe v. 84 The vertical stratarchy of different party levels. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11691n.21950 |
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