supercratn.

Brit.

/ˈsuːpəkrat/,

/ˈsjuːpəkrat/, U.S.

/ˈsupərˌkræt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, -crat comb. form.

Etymology: < super- prefix + -crat comb. form.

Chiefly North American.

A powerful or high-ranking bureaucrat, spec. one appointed in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon (1969–74).The sense in quot. 1934 is not clear.In quot. 1971: (apparently) a hard-working bureaucrat.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > bureaucrat or bureaucratist > powerful

supercrat1934

1934 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 6/3 A commanding personality, he announces that he is from the Institute of Supermanity, England, is president of the Society of Social Supercrats.

1971 Jrnl. Black Stud. 2 101 Some bureaucrats become supercrats, working eighteen hours a day (not necessarily with overtime pay).

1972 Newsweek 11 Dec. 25 A slimmed-down, tidied-up..Nixon Inc. with..four or so White House-level supercrats.

1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 July 2/4 [The Ottawa] system has fewer than a dozen super-powerful bureaucrats who dominate the policy-making process. They are the supercrats, and Mr. Gotlieb is one of the more successful ones.

1992 Daily Mail 17 Aug. 3/4 What the supermarkets failed to do, the supercrats of Brussels are achieving with arrogant ease.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supercrat
释义	supercratn. Brit. /ˈsuːpəkrat/, /ˈsjuːpəkrat/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌkræt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, -crat comb. form. Etymology: < super- prefix + -crat comb. form. Chiefly North American. A powerful or high-ranking bureaucrat, spec. one appointed in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon (1969–74).The sense in quot. 1934 is not clear.In quot. 1971: (apparently) a hard-working bureaucrat. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > bureaucrat or bureaucratist > powerful supercrat1934 1934 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 6/3 A commanding personality, he announces that he is from the Institute of Supermanity, England, is president of the Society of Social Supercrats. 1971 Jrnl. Black Stud. 2 101 Some bureaucrats become supercrats, working eighteen hours a day (not necessarily with overtime pay). 1972 Newsweek 11 Dec. 25 A slimmed-down, tidied-up..Nixon Inc. with..four or so White House-level supercrats. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 July 2/4 [The Ottawa] system has fewer than a dozen super-powerful bureaucrats who dominate the policy-making process. They are the supercrats, and Mr. Gotlieb is one of the more successful ones. 1992 Daily Mail 17 Aug. 3/4 What the supermarkets failed to do, the supercrats of Brussels are achieving with arrogant ease. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934
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