Definition of bunyip aristocracy in English:

bunyip aristocracy

noun

Australian derogatory

People who consider themselves to be socially superior.
they publish a list of Australia's bunyip aristocracy of notable families
Example sentencesExamples
- There has always been a bunyip aristocracy in Australia that has been offended by the idea of having to pay to acquire labour.
- The conceptual confusion in the article may come from an insufficient awareness of the stakes of the struggles against colonial bunyip aristocracies so many years ago.
- South Australia seems to be the last redoubt in Australia of the fawning, bunyip Aristocracy that yearns after the good old days where everyone was in their place.
- They were accused of trying to create a fake class system in Australia, a "bunyip aristocracy" that would distort our current honours system.
- The new government should transfer power from Downing Street into their own hands - to a new Colonial aristocracy, what was later ridiculed as a bunyip aristocracy.
- The radical politician denounced her scheme as a bunyip aristocracy.
- His unsuccessful plea for an upper house based on a hereditary colonial peerage was mocked as a bunyip aristocracy.
- Monday's honours list included one cringeworthy addition to the bunyip aristocracy of knights and dames.
- Negotiations could put that difference to rights in this new age of the bunyip aristocracy.
- He described the would-be peers as a 'bunyip aristocracy'.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from bunyip + aristocracy. The phrase was coined in 1853 by the political orator Daniel Deniehy (1828–65), in a speech that ridiculed attempts to establish a titled aristocracy in Australia, by equating the validity of such a notion to the bunyip, a creature from Aboriginal mythology.

词汇	bunyip aristocracy
释义	Definition of bunyip aristocracy in English: bunyip aristocracy noun Australian derogatory People who consider themselves to be socially superior. they publish a list of Australia's bunyip aristocracy of notable families Example sentencesExamples There has always been a bunyip aristocracy in Australia that has been offended by the idea of having to pay to acquire labour. The conceptual confusion in the article may come from an insufficient awareness of the stakes of the struggles against colonial bunyip aristocracies so many years ago. South Australia seems to be the last redoubt in Australia of the fawning, bunyip Aristocracy that yearns after the good old days where everyone was in their place. They were accused of trying to create a fake class system in Australia, a "bunyip aristocracy" that would distort our current honours system. The new government should transfer power from Downing Street into their own hands - to a new Colonial aristocracy, what was later ridiculed as a bunyip aristocracy. The radical politician denounced her scheme as a bunyip aristocracy. His unsuccessful plea for an upper house based on a hereditary colonial peerage was mocked as a bunyip aristocracy. Monday's honours list included one cringeworthy addition to the bunyip aristocracy of knights and dames. Negotiations could put that difference to rights in this new age of the bunyip aristocracy. He described the would-be peers as a 'bunyip aristocracy'. Origin Mid 19th century: from bunyip + aristocracy. The phrase was coined in 1853 by the political orator Daniel Deniehy (1828–65), in a speech that ridiculed attempts to establish a titled aristocracy in Australia, by equating the validity of such a notion to the bunyip, a creature from Aboriginal mythology.
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