English Explanatory Dictionary

Tocqueville effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Tocqueville effect the Tocqueville effect

Etymology

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

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