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cabal
English
Etymology
From French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala , which in turn is derived from Hebrew ????????? (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “reception, something received”) (such as knowledge).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??b??l/, /k??bæl/
Noun
cabal (plural cabals)
- (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- Synonym: camarilla
- A secret plot.
- Synonym: conspiracy
- An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
- 1965 Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia
- Some episkoposes have a one-man cabal. Some work together. Some never do explain.
- 1965 Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia
Derived terms
- cabalistic
- cabbalistic
- TINC (“there is no cabal”)
Translations
Verb
cabal (third-person singular simple present cabals, present participle caballing, simple past and past participle caballed)
- To engage in the activities of a cabal.
References
See also
- cabal glass
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin cap?lis, from Latin capit?lis. Equivalent to cap +? -al.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /k??bal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka?bal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
cabal (masculine and feminine plural cabals)
- complete, total
- upright, well-rounded
Noun
cabal m (plural cabals)
- goods, possessions
- (of a fluid) flow, discharge
- (telecommunications) throughput
Derived terms
- cabaler
Further reading
- “cabal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin capalis or from cabo +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k???al]
Adjective
cabal m or f (plural cabais)
- whole, complete
- 1823, Pedro Boado Sánchez, Diálogo entre dos Labradores gallegos afligidos:
- E may-lo Alcalde habíase d’alegrar, qu’el tamen está picado, qu’ainda n-hay ano é medio cabal que lle morreo á muller, é tamen pagou á farda como cada fillo de veciño.
- And the mayor would also be glad, because he's also piqued, because there's not a whole year and a half that his wife died and he also paid the burden as every mother's son
- E may-lo Alcalde habíase d’alegrar, qu’el tamen está picado, qu’ainda n-hay ano é medio cabal que lle morreo á muller, é tamen pagou á farda como cada fillo de veciño.
- Synonym: completo
- 1823, Pedro Boado Sánchez, Diálogo entre dos Labradores gallegos afligidos:
- exact
- Synonym: exacto
Related terms
- cabo
References
- “cabal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cabal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Adjective
cabal m or f (plural cabais, comparable)
- complete
- rigorous
- exact
- satisfactory
Spanish
Etymology
cabo +? -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
cabal (plural cabales)
- upright, honest
- exact
- complete, entire, full
Derived terms
- en sus cabales
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democracy
English
Etymology
From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (d?mokratía).
Surface analysis: demo- (“people”) +? -cracy (“rule”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??m?k??si/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??m?k??si/
Noun
democracy (countable and uncountable, plural democracies)
- (uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
- 1866, J. Arthur Partridge, On Democracy, Trübner & Co., page 2:
- And the essential value and power of Democracy consists in this,—that it combines, as far as possible, power and organization ; THE SPIRIT, MANHOOD, is at one with THE BODY, ORGANIZATION. [....] Democracy is Government by the People.
- 1901, The American Historical Review, American Historical Association, page 260:
- The period, that is, which marks the transition from absolutism or aristocracy to democracy will mark also the transition from absolutist or autocratic methods of nomination to democratic methods.
- 1921, James Bryce Bryce, Modern Democracies, The Macmillan Company, page 1:
- A century ago there was in the Old World only one tiny spot in which the working of democracy could be studied. A few of the ancient rural cantons of Switzerland had recovered their freedom after the fall of Napoleon, and were governing themselves as they had done from the earlier Middle Ages[...]. Nowhere else in Europe did the people rule.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 24:
- Everyone who wanted to speak did so. It was democracy in its purest form.
- 1866, J. Arthur Partridge, On Democracy, Trübner & Co., page 2:
- (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
- 1947, Edwin L. James, "General Marshall Raises the Ideological Issue", The New York Times, March 16, 1947:
- Of course, the Russians think it is something else because they say the Russians have a democracy and it is plain that their government is not what the Americans regard as a democracy.
- 2003, Fareed Zakaria, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, W. W. Norton & Company, page 13:
- In 1900 not a single country had what we would today consider a democracy: a government created by elections in which every adult citizen could vote.
- 1947, Edwin L. James, "General Marshall Raises the Ideological Issue", The New York Times, March 16, 1947:
- (countable) A state with a democratic system of government.
- 2018, Yascha Mounk, “America Is Not a Democracy”, The Atlantic, March 2018:
- The United States was founded as a republic, not a democracy.
- 2002, Victor G. Hilliard, "The Role of Human Resource Development in South African Public Service Reform", in: Administrative Reform in Developing Nations, Praeger, page 179:
- After almost four decades of authoritarian rule, South Africa became a democracy in April 1994.
- 2018, Yascha Mounk, “America Is Not a Democracy”, The Atlantic, March 2018:
- (uncountable) Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
- 1918, Charles Horton Cooley, “A Primary Culture for Democracy”, in Publications of the American Sociological Society 13, p8
- As states of the human spirit democracy, righteousness, and faith have much in common and may be cultivated by the same means...
- 1919, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy, Macmillan, p446
- It must further be admitted that he provided a successful interpretation of democracy in its philosophic aspects when he conceived democracy as a general outlook on the universe... In Bakunin's conception of democracy as religious in character we trace the influence of French socialism.
- 1918, Charles Horton Cooley, “A Primary Culture for Democracy”, in Publications of the American Sociological Society 13, p8
Synonyms
- democratism (the principles or spirit of a democracy)
Coordinate terms
- (a form of government): monarchy, aristocracy, dictatorship
Derived terms
- arsenal of democracy
- superdemocracy
Related terms
- democrat
- democratic
Translations
References
- democracy at OneLook Dictionary Search
- democracy in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "democracy" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 93.
- democracy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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