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Tylerism|ˈtaɪlərɪz(ə)m| [f. proper name Tyler (see defs.) + -ism.] 1. U.S. Politics. The practice or methods of President Tyler (see below).
1844Hallowell (Maine) Liberty Standard 4 Apr., They would vote for Harrison..and have fallen under Tylerism. 2. The theological system of Dr. Bennet Tyler of Connecticut (1783–1858), which reaffirmed the doctrines of the older Calvinism as against Taylorism.
1891in Cent. Dict. So ˈTylerize v., intr. to abandon the party to which one owes one's position or office, as President Tyler (1841–5) did; also trans. in causal sense.
1865Nation (N.Y.) 24 Aug. 227 The Democratic party..had two ways of returning..to office... They might either..unseat the Administration, or else persuade the Executive to Tylerize. 1866Pres. Johnson in Morn. Star 16 Mar. 5/3 It has been said..that here is a President who was elected by a party, and who on coming into power abandoned that party; that he has ‘Tylerised’ his Administration. |