| 释义 |
ˈPrussianism
[f. Prussian a. + -ism.]
The national spirit or political system of Prussia. Also, the militaristic concepts and disciplinary methods regarded as typical of the Prussian system. Hence ˈPrussianist a.
1856Mem. F. Perthes II. xxiv. 362 Germanism is a noble thing unless it be a synonym for Prussianism. 1896Daily News 11 June, Arrogant, overbearing Prussianism. 1915Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 664/2 Then we are getting..‘Prussianism’, ‘Prussianisation’,.., with all their meanings. 1916A. Huxley Let. 31 Mar. (1969) 95 One discusses too the collapse of English civilisation, whose rapid decay under the sinister influence of Prussianism is everywhere apparent. 1922Prussianist [see goose-step]. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 2 May 6 Yet there is discipline... It is all done without Prussianism. 1944F. A. Hayek Road to Serfdom 7 It was the prevalence of socialist views and not Prussianism that Germany had in common with Italy and Russia. 1945K. R. Popper Open Society II. xii. 27 Hegel..became the first official philosopher of Prussianism. 1978Christian V. 18 Pope Leo XIII decided..to come to terms with both French Republicanism and Prussianism. |
