demosophyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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demosophy (uncountable)

1. (folkloristics, sociology, まれに) the wisdom of the people; collective wisdom
   • 1931, Social Science Abstracts volume 3, part 2, page 1332:

     Elaboration of demosophy as a special doctrine assumes a new sociology of knowledge.

   • 1937, Antonín Obrdlík, Bruno Zwicker, Survey of Recent Sociological Production in Czechoslovakia in American Sociological Review, volume 2, number 3, American Sociological Association, page 426:

     The central concept of Kohn is “demosophy,” a sort of sociology, which is not only observing, but creative and rejuvenating.

   • 2006, Peter Broks, Understanding Popular Science, Open University Press, page 154:

     As democracy is a system to manage power, balancing individual interests through collective rule, so demosophy would be a system to manage knowledge, balancing individual experiences through collective wisdom.