mispromotion

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of mispromoting; the advertisement of something as having properties it does not have. countable,uncountable
    — Mr. Speaker, the legal theory of Brown against Topeka rejecting a denial of freedom of choice because of race has suffered mispromotion to the point that today “freedom of choice" is again illegal.
  2. The act of promoting someone to a position for which they are not qualified. countable,uncountable
    — This mispromotion phenomenon has become popularly known as the Peter Principle (12).
  3. A person who has been mispromoted. countable,uncountable
    — The other three-fourths (the B- and C-Players) become mishires and mispromotions.

词形变化

mispromotions plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin prō-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Latin prōmoveō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Late Latin prōmotiōder.
Old French promocionbor.
Middle English
English promotion
English mispromotion
From mis- + promotion.
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