| 单词 | tory democracy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTory democracy Tory democracy n. a political philosophy that combines conservative principles such as support for established institutions with advocacy of democratic popular politics and acceptance of some progressive social and economic reform. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism > types of tantivyismc1680 Tory democracy1836 Young Englandism1844 neo-Toryism1859 neoconservatism1883 one nation1950 1836 Satirist 3 Jan. 2/3 Tory democracy is of all suspicious things the most suspicious, supposing it to exist at all. 1879 Spectator 21 June 776 Tory democracy—Jingoism is its proper name. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Nov. 3/2 We would venture to lay very long odds that Tory Democracy is much more likely to come in with a boom than to go out with a fiz. 1910 S. J. Low in Encycl. Brit. VI. 346/2 By this time [1882] he had definitely formulated the policy of progressive Conservatism which was known as ‘Tory democracy’. He declared that the Conservatives ought to adopt, rather than oppose, reforms of a popular character, and to challenge the claims of the Liberals to pose as the champions of the masses. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Dec. 29/3 Bismarck said that in England progressive parties take power to introduce reactionary measures while reactionary parties take power to introduce progressive measures, and Disraeli's ‘Tory democracy’ followed this rule. < as lemmas |
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