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
Tony Benn said: ‘Nonsense, it’s just the same old Toryism, but tougher.’
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2015
His brand of Toryism became known as "One Nation".
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2012
The first was the mistress of our youth—our literary mother—our guide and instructress in the paths of Toryism, good-fellowship, and honour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
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