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Tocqueville effect

Tocqueville effect proper noun: the phenomenon that, as social conditions and opportunities improve, social frustration grows more quickly.

Proper noun

the Tocqueville effect

  1. The phenomenon that, as social conditions and opportunities improve, social frustration grows more quickly.

Origin of Tocqueville effect

Based on Alexis de Tocqueville's observations on the French Revolution and other reforms.

Questions about Tocqueville effect

What does Tocqueville effect mean?
Tocqueville effect means the phenomenon that, as social conditions and opportunities improve, social frustration grows more quickly.
What part of speech is Tocqueville effect?
Tocqueville effect is a proper noun.

Words near Tocqueville effect in the dictionary

  1. tocostomes
  2. tocotrienol
  3. tocotrienols
  4. TOCP
  5. Tocqueville
  6. Tocqueville effect
  7. Tocquevillian
  8. Tocra
  9. tocrack
  10. tocracked
  11. tocracking

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