demolater
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]demolater (plural demolaters)
- (rare, nonce word) an adherent of demolatry, especially in a derogatory sense of having an excessive regard for the common people
- 1987, Giovanni Sartori, “2.2: The People in Mass Society”, in The Theory of Democracy Revisited, page 25:
- The demolater does speak of "real people"; but he ends, in truth, with making a fetish of an ideal people accurately placed out of sight.
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[edit]References
[edit]- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Demolater”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 184, column 1.