entryism

/ ˈɛntrɪɪzəm /

noun

1. the policy or practice of members of a particular political group joining an existing political party with the intention of changing its principles and policies, instead of forming a new party

Other Word Forms

• entryist noun

Example Sentences

That is a breach of Labour rules that date back to efforts to prevent entryism from Militant tendency.

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It had been precisely the sort of game that had been anticipated: breathless and absorbing and electric, full of all those flourishes, ideas and experiments that English soccer once would have seen as heresy, a sort of alien entryism, but which are now — thanks in no small part to Guardiola and Bielsa — considered cutting-edge.

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In 2015 and 2016, the two Labour leadership contests in which Jeremy Corbyn ran, much was made about the "entryism" or programme of enlisting new members to vote for the left-wing candidate.

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The move comes as MPs, including some in government, warn that they believe entryism by pro-Brexit supporters at local Conservative associations risks delivering a leader willing to back a hard break with the EU.

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This shift to the right has been exacerbated by blatant entryism.

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