| 单词 | the opiate of the masses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe opiate of the masses b. the opiate of the people: = the opium of the people at opium n. 2b. Also the opiate of the masses, etc. ΚΠ 1920 Times 26 Nov. 13/5 A tablet has now been inserted in the wall [of the sacred gateway of the Red Square in Moscow] engraved with the inscription ‘Religion is the opiate of the people’. 1921 A. R. Williams Through Russ. Revol. xi. 167 The Czar had used the priests of the Greek Orthodox Church as his spiritual police making ‘Religion the opiate of the people’. 1964 D. C. Hague in J. T. Dunlop Theory of Wage Determination 424 Professor Kerr speculated whether the trade union movement did not, after a time, become the opiate of the people? 1993 Spy (N.Y.) June 5/2 Barney is a lardy-ass, mascot-upholstered PBS star,..opiate of the toddler masses and mental root canal of their parents. 2003 Sunday People (Nexis) 14 Dec. 36 Celebrity has replaced religion as the opiate of the people. < as lemmas |
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