gesture politics
noun[U]
UKdisapprovinguk/ˈdʒes.tʃə ˌpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/us/ˈdʒes.tʃɚ ˌpɑː.lə.tɪks/anyactionby apersonororganizationdone forpoliticalreasonsandintendedtoattractpublicattentionbut having littlerealeffect:
姿态政治(出于政治目的而做出的,意在吸引公众注意的,没有真正实际效果)Thecallfor a one-daynationalstrikewasdismissedasgesturepolitics.举行一天全国性罢工的呼吁被斥为姿态政治。
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- leftward
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- plank
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism