Whiggism
noun
the principles or practices of Whigs.
Example Sentences
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By 1838, the “blessed spirit” was virtually defunct, but its electoral base and crusading energy had become vital components of northern Whiggery.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Theory of the Presidency Whiggery has its virtues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Johnson partly inherited or shared Richardson's aversion, partly was blinded to Fielding's genius by his aggressive Whiggery.
From Joseph Andrews Vol 1 by Henry Fielding
Now that we have gained it, British Federal Whiggery is forever prostrate.
From Quodlibet by John Pendleton Kennedy
If those mystic figures signalize the birthday of Whiggery, in the political world, in much the same way we may date the constitution of the Cambrian, as we know it to-day, from the year 1864.
From The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway by C. P. (Charles Penrhyn) Gasquoine
