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Doughface
Перевод слова "doughface" на Русский язык
doughface
Существительное
UK
/ˈdəʊfeɪs/
US
/ˈdoʊfeɪs/
doughface
doughfaces множ.
He was considered a doughface because he often changed his opinions to please others.
Его считали лицемером, потому что он часто менял свои мнения, чтобы угодить другим.
Опеределения
doughface
Существительное
UK
/ˈdəʊfeɪs/
US
/ˈdoʊfeɪs/
A person, especially a politician, who is perceived as being pliable or easily influenced, particularly in the context of being sympathetic to the interests of the opposing side.
The senator was criticized as a doughface for his willingness to compromise on key issues.
Historically, in the United States, a Northern Democrat who sympathized with Southern pro-slavery interests before and during the Civil War.
Abolitionist newspapers railed against the doughfaces who voted for the Fugitive Slave Act.
doughface
Прилагательное
UK
/ˈdəʊfeɪs/
US
/ˈdoʊfeɪs/
Weak, pliable, or too willing to yield to the opposition; conciliatory to a fault.
The party's doughface leadership angered grassroots activists.