Namieriteadj.n.
/ˈneɪmɪərʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈneɪməˌraɪt/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Sir Lewis Namier or his methods or theories; = Namierian adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > [adjective] > relating to Namier's methods
Namierian1958
Namierite1958
1958 Listener 17 Apr. 661/3 Surely namierite scholarship has..underlined the great differences..between the political systems of the eighteenth century and our own.
1967 Economist 22 July 329/3 Are we not, in fact, with the nineteenth century, in danger of much the same kind of difficulties as Namierite zeal landed us in with the eighteenth?
1973 P. A. Allum Politics & Society Post-War Naples ix. 280 The Christian Democrats became..a ‘Court Party’ in the Namierite sense.
1991 Hist. Workshop Spring 160 This represents the Namierite method and view of history, extended to encompass not merely cousinages but whole networks of political, economic and social élites.
B. n.
An adherent of the methods and theories of Namier; = Namierian n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > political science > application of Namier's methods > one who
Namierian1958
Namierite1958
1958 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 52 566/1 Unlike the work of many Namierites, it is as much concerned with evaluating policy and strategy as with snapping candid and detailed pictures of a political situation.
1969 Listener 20 Mar. 388/3 A generation ago the Namierites were busy counting heads while the Clapham sect totted up the trade statistics.
1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 3 Dec. 42/1 The crimes of the Namierites, in O'Brien's account, are multiple, but two stand out.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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