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establishment

establishment

noun ehs-TAB-blish-ment Rare
People & Society Politics

Origin: English loanword, used in Italian to denote the ruling elite or power structure.

Usage Note

Establishment is used in Italian political and media discourse to refer to the entrenched ruling class or power elite, carrying the same slightly pejorative connotation as in English. It is invariable — the plural is also establishment — and takes masculine gender: l'establishment, gli establishment. It appears mainly in journalistic Italian.

Examples

"Il partito sfidava l'establishment tradizionale."

Natural Translation

The party challenged the traditional establishment.

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