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Chamberlainism|ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪnɪz(ə)m| The policy or principles of the politician Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) or his son (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940). So ˈChamberlainic a., ˈChamberlainite n. and a., ˈChamberlainize v., ˌChamberlainiˈzation.
1898Westm. Gaz. 10 Nov. 3/2 Chamberlainic ‘principles’. 1899Daily News 20 June 7/2 There is a characteristic Chamberlainism in the last telegram published in the Transvaal Blue Book, dated May 24. 1900W. Harcourt in Westm. Gaz. 11 Oct. 8/2 It was because the country had had a surfeit of Chamberlainism. 1904Spectator 31 Dec. 1072/2 Though Mr. Balfour fills his Cabinet with Chamberlainites. 1905Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 4/2 The chamberlainising of the Conservative Party on Protectionist lines. 1906Ibid. 20 Jan. 4/3 The Chamberlainisation of the party. 1942A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood 124 The nauseating hangers-on to power, the conformists to Chamberlainism. 1961Times 25 Apr. 15/4 Letters to The Times defending the Chamberlainite course. |