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Whiggism

American  
[hwig-iz-uhm, wig-] / ˈʰwɪg ɪz əm, ˈwɪg- /
Also Whiggery

noun

  1. the principles or practices of Whigs.


Etymology

Origin of Whiggism

First recorded in 1660–70; Whig + -ism

Example Sentences

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Whatever else we may think of Kuhn’s Structure of 1962, he killed Whiggism.

From Scientific American • Apr. 14, 2019

This is the Achilles’ heel of radical Whiggism, and we know that it is its Achilles’ heel because one day it produces an Achilles, and the next a heel.

From The New Yorker • May 8, 2017

He was a zealous Hanoverian, and a favourite with Queen Anne in spite of his Whiggism.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

There had been a larger infusion of Whiggism among the Edinburgh Churchmen than in any other part of the kingdom.

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh

The advance from Toryism to Whiggism is not such as to involve a very violent wrench of the moral and intellectual nature.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

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