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Whiggism

[ hwig-iz-uh m, wig- ]

/ ˈʰwɪg ɪz əm, ˈwɪg- /

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noun

the principles or practices of Whigs.

Also Whig·ger·y

[hwig-uh-ree, wig-] /ˈʰwɪg ə ri, ˈwɪg-/.

Origin of Whiggism

First recorded in 1660–70; Whig + -ism

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for whiggism

Monsey's Whiggism introduced him to high society, but not to lucrative practice.
A Book about Doctors|John Cordy Jeaffreson
It calls for no reopening of the long-hushed controversy between Democracy and Whiggism.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864|Various
I know you too well to suppose that you would engage in anything not evidently calculated to serve the cause of whiggism.
Patrick Henry|Moses Coit Tyler
On this, as on many other occasions, it appeared that they had nothing but their Whiggism in common.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

This union of oligarchical wealth and mob poverty is the very essence of the 'Spirit of Whiggism.'
Sketches|Benjamin Disraeli