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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries凡庸支配
Pronunciation / Transliteration: hanyō shihai
"組織内での過度な事なかれ主義が凡庸支配を生み出している。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A government or system controlled by mediocre people.
"Critics argue that modern corporate leadership has devolved into a suffocating mediocracy." - 2
A social or cultural condition in which mediocrity is dominant, celebrated, or institutionalized.
"The award show increasingly rewards safe, uninspired art, reflecting the rising tide of cultural mediocracy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'mediocris' (meaning moderate, ordinary, or middling) combined with the Greek suffix '-kratia' (meaning power or rule). The term emerged in the mid-19th century as a blend of 'mediocrity' and 'democracy' to describe a state or system of government ruled by mediocre people.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mediocracy" is said worldwide
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médiocratie
Transliteration: /me.djɔ.kʁa.si/
"La bureaucratisation excessive conduit inévitablement à la médiocratie."
Mediokratie
Transliteration: /me.di.o.kʁaˈtiː/
"Viele fürchten, dass Parteipolitik zu einer gefährlichen Mediokratie führt."
mediocrazia
Transliteration: /me.djoˈkra.t͡sja/
"Il predominio dei partiti tradizionali ha favorito una diffusa mediocrazia."
mediocracia
Transliteration: /me.ðjoˈkɾa.sja/
"El sistema actual parece diseñado para premiar la mediocracia por encima del talento."
mediocracia
Transliteration: /me.djoˈkɾa.si.ɐ/
"A ascensão da mediocracia nas instituições preocupa os intelectuais."
साधारणतंत्र
Transliteration: sadharan-tantra
"यह संस्था अब प्रतिभा के बजाय साधारणतंत्र का केंद्र बन गई है।"
平庸统治
Transliteration: píngyōng tǒngzhì
"许多人担心这家公司正陷入平庸统治的泥潭。"
범용 정치
Transliteration: beom-yong jeong-chi
"그 조직은 진정한 혁신을 거부하는 범용 정치에 빠져 있다."
凡庸支配
Transliteration: hanyō shihai
"組織内での過度な事なかれ主義が凡庸支配を生み出している。"
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