单词 | young england |
释义 | young Englandn. 1. Young English people collectively. Π 1831 New Monthly Mag. 32 495 It is to young England..that the destinies of a new order of things should be entrusted. 1894 Critic (N.Y.) 21 July 45/2 He fired the heart..of young England. 1921 Musical Times Aug. 560/1 ‘Country dances’ will always call up memories of a chain of youths and maidens—young England incarnate. 1962 J. R. Taylor Angry Theatre 35 The mood of the country, especially that of young England, veered sharply from the preciosity and dilettantism which had been in vogue. 2005 A. A. Gill Angry Island (2008) x. 141 Drunkenness is..the really addictive drug of choice of young England. 2. With capital initial. A group of young, chiefly aristocratic Tory politicians active esp. in the 1840s, advocating the preservation of the established Church and social hierarchy, whilst promoting religious toleration and a philanthropic paternalism towards industrial workers by the landed aristocracy. Cf. Tory democracy n. at Tory n. and adj. Compounds 2. Now historical.Notable members of Young England included Benjamin Disraeli, Lord John Manners, George Smythe, and Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton).In quot. 1838: a meeting of members of this group. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism > a Tory or conservative > group or section of whimsical1714 young England1836 mountain1965 1836 Times 31 Aug. 2/3 The ‘Young England’ of the Destructive section. 1838 Ld. Houghton Let. 13 Mar. (1891) I. 218 I go on with small ‘young Englands’ on Sunday evenings, which unfortunately excludes the more severe members—Acland, Gladstone, &c. 1843 Era 21 May This small party in the House is jocosely termed ‘Young England’. 1886 T. E. Kebbel Hist. Toryism v. 273 That distrust of Sir Robert Peel which alone made the Young England Party possible. 1922 F. Clarke tr. M. Ostrogorski Democracy & Organization Polit. Parties I. iii. 63 English society was no longer in the feudal condition characterized by the class relations which Young England wished to see re-established. 1977 J. M. White in H. Carter & A. C. Mace Discov. Tomb Tutankhamen 3 It was the feudal, the patriarchal system at its best, the dreams of ‘Young England’ realized. 2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians v. 66 Disraeli saw Young England as rallying the country diehards against Peel, and perhaps even attracting some of the Radicals. Derivatives Young ˈEnglander n. a member or supporter of Young England (sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism > a Tory or conservative > group or section of > member of Young Englander1837 Essex man1990 1837 S. O'Brien Let. 10 Dec. in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. v. 205 We may both rejoice that our two young Englanders [sc. Milnes and Acland] have come out so well. 1908 A. W. Benn Mod. Eng. I. viii. 209 On no important political question could the Young Englanders be got to act together, not even on the maintenance of the Corn Laws. 2005 W. A. Womack in J. Bergman & D. Bernardi Our Sisters' Keepers iv. 128 The Young Englanders..envisioned the creation of a neo-feudal hierarchy, in which paternal noblemen would take care of industrial ‘peasants’. Young ˈEnglandism n. the principles or policies of Young England (sense 2). 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 1844 Leicester Chron. 2 Mar. Pontefract is not yet up to Young Englandism. 1910 F. H. O'Connell Hist. Irish Parl. Party I. xvii. 487 There was the spirit of Young Englandism at its best in the heart and mind of John Gorst. 2008 P. K. Gilbert Cholera 4 From Walter Scott's novels to Young Englandism to the revival of Arthurian legends later in the century, Britons used the legends of antiquity to legitimate their own identity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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