police state

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A polity whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people. derogatory,usually
    — You didn't know there is […] an active campaign, propaganda and otherwise, […] against all kinds of security procedures on the ground that they are all police state methods and all interfere with individual rights?

词形变化

police states plural

词源

Likely a calque of German Polizeistaat adopted following the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819 and the ensuing Demagogenverfolgungen, culminating in the crackdown of liberal and anarchical movements popular in the 1840s during the German revolutions of 1848–1849. Equivalent to police + state.
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