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Demism

Demism noun: referring to each of Sun Yat-sen's "Three Principles of the People". From Pascal M. d'Elia's 1931 English translation The Triple Demism of Sun Yat-sen where the Three Principles are given as the "racial Demism" (民權主義, usually translated elsewhere as "nationalism"), "political Demism" (民權主義, usually "democracy"), and "economic Demism" (民生主義, usually "people's welfare" or "socialism"). Previously also translated (by the same translator) in French as Le triple démisme. Sometimes also Tridemism.

Noun

Demism (uncountable)

  1. Referring to each of Sun Yat-sen's "Three Principles of the People". From Pascal M. d'Elia's 1931 English translation The Triple Demism of Sun Yat-sen where the Three Principles are given as the "racial Demism" (民權主義, usually translated elsewhere as "nationalism"), "political Demism" (民權主義, usually "democracy"), and "economic Demism" (民生主義, usually "people's welfare" or "socialism"). Previously also translated (by the same translator) in French as Le triple démisme. Sometimes also Tridemism.

Questions about Demism

What does Demism mean?
Demism means referring to each of Sun Yat-sen's "Three Principles of the People". From Pascal M. d'Elia's 1931 English translation The Triple Demism of Sun Yat-sen where the Three Principles are given as the "racial Demism" (民權主義, usually translated elsewhere as "nationalism"), "political Demism" (民權主義, usually "democracy"), and "economic Demism" (民生主義, usually "people's welfare" or "socialism"). Previously also translated (by the same translator) in French as Le triple démisme. Sometimes also Tridemism.
What part of speech is Demism?
Demism is a noun.

Words near Demism in the dictionary

  1. demisexuality
  2. demisexuals
  3. demisharp
  4. demisharps
  5. demising
  6. Demism
  7. demisoloist
  8. demisoloists
  9. demisphere
  10. demispheres
  11. demispherical

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