bureaugamy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    marriage (literal or metaphorical) to a bureaucracy

    不可数

    The ancient mammalian unit of mother and child has morphed into a "bureaugamy," as single mothers find government assistance a more satisfying partner than a confused male.

    If bureaugamy is the marriage of citizen to the bureaucratic state, then what we really have is an arranged marriage shotgun wedding.

    In 1999 Lionel Tiger coined the word ‘bureaugamy’ to refer to the relationship between officially impoverished mothers of illegitimate children and the government.

词源

From bureau + -gamy.

来源：wiktionary