cakeism

American  

[keyk-iz-uhm] / ˈkeɪkˌɪz əm /

noun

1. the false belief that one can enjoy the benefits of two choices that are in fact mutually exclusive, or have it both ways.

   The notion that, after Brexit, the United Kingdom would continue free trade with the European Union was sheer cakeism.

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Other Word Forms

• cakeist
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of cakeism

First recorded in 2016; cake ( def. ) + -ism ( def. ); extracted from the proverb “to have one's cake and eat it, too,” and associated especially with Brexit and Boris Johnson