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单词 cakeism
释义

cakeism

English

Etymology

cake + -ism

Noun

cakeism (uncountable)

  1. The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations.
    • 2017, The New European, "The delusions of Cakeism", Bonnie Greer, 15 September 2017
      What is now known as “cakeism” – the idea that the UK can have everything it wants merely because it wants it – is becoming, like climate-change denial, the subject of rational discussion.
    • 2018, The Guardian, "David Davis's petulant leaked letter is the latest slice of Brexit cakeism", Jonathan Lis, 10 January 2018
      The letter is the latest blatant example of British cakeism.
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