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单词 little englandism
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Little Englandismn.

Brit. /ˌlɪtl ˈɪŋɡl(ə)ndɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌlɪd(ə)l ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lənˌdɪz(ə)m/
Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Little England n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < Little England n. (compare sense 2 at that entry) + -ism suffix. Compare Little Englander n. 2.
Chiefly depreciative.
The policy or views of Little Englanders.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies
thorough1849
Manchester policy1851
tariff-reform1859
Manchesterdom1882
Manchesterism1883
Little Englandism1887
Manchesterianism1897
Poplarism1922
Euroscepticism1988
1887 E. W. Watkin Canada & States p. vii Anyone who reads what follows will learn that I am an Imperialist—that I hate little-Englandism.
1893 Speaker 25 Mar. 333/1 The accusation against Mr. Gladstone of Little Englandism rests on no better foundation, except it be the habitual mistrust and caution with which he..examines every adventure of this kind.
1945 H. M. Lynd Eng. in Eighteen-Eighties ii. vi. 226 Between the new imperialism and the old Liberal Little Englandism there was bitter war.
1985 R. W. Johnson Politics of Recession ii. ii. 121 It [sc. an English populist nationalism] has shown only glimpses of itself in anti-immigrant agitation and the Little Englandism of the anti- eec campaign.
2005 M. Alexander Managing Cold War vii. 141 The little Englandism that characterises a significant percentage of the British electorate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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