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In George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language", he refers to "[t]he jargon peculiar to Marxist writing (hyena, hangman, cannibal, petty bourgeois, these gentry, lackey, flunkey, mad d...
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In [George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"](https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit), he refers to "[t]he jargon peculiar to Marxist writing (_hyena_, _hangman_, _cannibal_, _petty bourgeois_, _these gentry_, _lackey_, _flunkey_, _mad dog_, _White Guard_, etc.)". Seemingly _these gentry_ means something other than simply "the aforementioned gentry" or "the local gentry". But I can't seem to find any such meaning with a Web search. Does anyone know what it means?(For example, the phrase appears in [Marx's July 11, 1868, letter to Kugelmann](https://marxists.catbull.com/archive/marx/works/1868/letters/68_07_11.htm), but seems there to refer to a particular kind of gentry referred to earlier in the letter. _These gentry_ is thus not [a set phrase](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_phrase) there.)
- In [George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"](https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit), he refers to "[t]he jargon peculiar to Marxist writing (_hyena_, _hangman_, _cannibal_, _petty bourgeois_, _these gentry_, _lackey_, _flunkey_, _mad dog_, _White Guard_, etc.)". Seemingly _these gentry_ means something other than simply "the aforementioned gentry" or "the local gentry". But I can't seem to find any such meaning with a Web search. Does anyone know what it means?
- (For example, the phrase appears in [Marx's July 11, 1868, letter to Kugelmann](https://marxists.catbull.com/archive/marx/works/1868/letters/68_07_11.htm), but seems there to refer to a particular kind of gentry referred to earlier in the letter. _These gentry_ is thus not [a set phrase](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_phrase) there.)
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2020-09-21T06:09:49Z (over 3 years ago)
- In [George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"](https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit), he refers to "[t]he jargon peculiar to Marxist writing (_hyena_, _hangman_, _cannibal_, _petty bourgeois_, _these gentry_, _lackey_, _flunkey_, _mad dog_, _White Guard_, etc.)". Seemingly _these gentry_ means something other than simply "the aforementioned gentry" or "the local gentry". But I can't seem to find any such meaning with a Web search. Does anyone know what it means?
(For example, the phrase appears in [Marx's July 11, 1868, letter to Kugelmann](https://marxists.catbull.com/archive/marx/works/1868/letters/68_07_11.htm), but seems to refer to a particular kind of gentry referred to earlier in the letter. _These gentry_ is thus not [a set phrase](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_phrase) there.)
- In [George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"](https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit), he refers to "[t]he jargon peculiar to Marxist writing (_hyena_, _hangman_, _cannibal_, _petty bourgeois_, _these gentry_, _lackey_, _flunkey_, _mad dog_, _White Guard_, etc.)". Seemingly _these gentry_ means something other than simply "the aforementioned gentry" or "the local gentry". But I can't seem to find any such meaning with a Web search. Does anyone know what it means?
- (For example, the phrase appears in [Marx's July 11, 1868, letter to Kugelmann](https://marxists.catbull.com/archive/marx/works/1868/letters/68_07_11.htm), but seems there to refer to a particular kind of gentry referred to earlier in the letter. _These gentry_ is thus not [a set phrase](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_phrase) there.)
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msh210
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2020-09-21T06:09:27Z (over 3 years ago)
What is "these gentry" in Marxist writing?
In [George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"](https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit), he refers to "[t]he jargon peculiar to Marxist writing (_hyena_, _hangman_, _cannibal_, _petty bourgeois_, _these gentry_, _lackey_, _flunkey_, _mad dog_, _White Guard_, etc.)". Seemingly _these gentry_ means something other than simply "the aforementioned gentry" or "the local gentry". But I can't seem to find any such meaning with a Web search. Does anyone know what it means? (For example, the phrase appears in [Marx's July 11, 1868, letter to Kugelmann](https://marxists.catbull.com/archive/marx/works/1868/letters/68_07_11.htm), but seems to refer to a particular kind of gentry referred to earlier in the letter. _These gentry_ is thus not [a set phrase](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_phrase) there.)