bread and circuses

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Food and entertainment provided by the state
Offerings, such as benefits or entertainments, intended to placate discontent or distract attention from a policy or situation
bread and circuses

    Hyphenation

    bread and cir·cus·es

    Turkish pronunciation

    bred ınd sırkısız

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbred ənd ˈsərkəsəz/ /ˈbrɛd ənd ˈsɜrkəsəz/

    Etymology

    () 1914 translation of the Roman poet Juvenal's Latin remark panem et circenses (“bread and circuses”). ("Duas tantum res anxius optat, Panem et circenses" )
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