Etymology
Origin of Toryism
Example Sentences
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“A mythologized Disraeli,” Ms. Jones writes, “provided political, literary and intellectual means by which Toryism could be positioned against an increasingly demonized ‘Victorian Liberalism.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Renewal, a think-tank founded in 2013 to promote working-class Toryism, is emerging as the new regime’s brains trust.
From Economist ● Aug. 4, 2016
His brand of Toryism became known as "One Nation".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2012
Disraeli is in fact the architect not just of modern Toryism, but British democracy.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2012
For two or three years, it advocated High Toryism.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton
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