Jesuit的词源

英文词源

Jesuit

1540s, from Modern Latin Jesuita, member of the Society of Jesus, founded 1533 by Ignatius Loyola to combat Protestantism. Their enemies (in both Catholic and Protestant lands) accused them of belief that ends justify means, hence the sense "a dissembling person" (1630s), and jesuitical "deceitful" (1610s).

中文词源

Jesuit：耶稣会会士，虚伪的人

来自拉丁语Jesuita,耶稣会会士，即Society of Jesus成员，成立于1533年的基督教分支。为其它基督教分支如天主教和新教所鄙视而词义贬义化。

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