Struldbruggian

struldbruggian English Struldbrugg Alternative forms en struldbruggian Etymology From en Struldbrug -ian. Adjective Having or relating to an unsatisfactory form of immortality accompanied by aging and disease. en 1949 Logan Wilson; William Lester Kolb Societies: Demographic and Ecological Elements Robert King Merton Sociological Analysis: An Introductory Text and Case Book New York, N.Y. Harcourt, Brace & World 404 https://archive.org/details/sociologicalanal0000wils/page/404/mode/1up part 3 (Basic Aspects of Social Relations) 1–2 254214 The methods employed to select economic and political leaders must be modified in a manner suited to allow, in the future, a sufficient number of places to those under (say) fifty; otherwise, given both present methods of selection and prospective changes in age composition, too much power may pass into the hands of gerontocrats with a Struldbruggian incapacity for fashioning or selecting economic and political policies suited to the needs of the times. en 1966 Margaret Lenore Wiley Henry Adams, Uneasy Sceptic Creative Sceptics London George Allen and Unwin V 307 https://books.google.com/books?id=wpszAQAAIAAJ&q=Struldbruggian 1138706 Here are all the elements of a truly creative scepticism blended for once into a manageable and yet an infinitely expandable pattern. It might have required at least ten more years (if Adams could have counted on escaping Struldbruggian senescence) for him to set this insight to work. en 2005 w:Ramez Naam Methuselah’s Genes More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement New York, N.Y. w:Broadway Books 80–81 https://archive.org/details/morethanhumanemb00naam/page/81/mode/1up 0-7679-1843-6 Critics of techniques to lengthen the human life span often paint a Struldbruggian picture of our future. In these scenarios, a large elderly population is kept alive only through incredibly expensive medical techniques paid for by the young. References adj 4877139213 en Immortality en terms derived from fiction en Gulliver's Travels