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Blairism, n. Brit. Polit.
Brit. |ˈblɛːrɪz(ə)m|, U.S. |ˈblɛ(ə)rˌɪzəm|
[‹ the name of Anthony Charles Lynton (‘Tony’) Blair (b. 1953), British politician, leader of the Labour party 1994–2007 and Prime Minister 1997–2007 + -ism suffix. Compare Blairist adj. and slightly earlier Blairite adj.]
The policies and principles advocated by Tony Blair. Cf. Thatcherism n. at Thatcherite n. and adj. Derivatives.
1994Independent 25 May 15/1 [Tony Blair] called for social action that ‘would develop individual potential, not subjugate it’... It was an initial attempt to set out a communitarian Blairism to replace Thatcherism. 1995Sunday Tel. 26 Mar. 31/2 To implement Blairism's vague ideas of social justice, the Brussels bureaucracy would be more than sufficient. 2002Org. Life May–June 37/2 With a nod to Blairism the report states that it ‘sees the government as facilitator, not regulator’. 2004H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) x. 222 The Manichaean divide between good and bad, victim and accused, is one of the features of Blairism that transcends domestic and international politics. |