Vansittartismn.
/vanˈsɪtɑːtɪz(ə)m/ The foreign policy advocated by Sir Robert (later Lord) Vansittart, spec. with regard to the demilitarization of Germany. Also transferred.
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1941 Economist 27 Dec. 778/2 It is against this background that the futility of both Vansittartism and appeasement can best be judged.
1944 D. J. Enright in Scrutiny Spring 103 It is a fine thing to see their books published at a time when, among the circles of the learned, a kind of Vansittartism is beginning to pervade the sphere of culture.
1967 R. C. D. Jasper George Bell xiv. 261 Bell..had good cause to suspect that the Government had determined upon a policy of treating all Germans alike whether they were Nazis or not... And it was with ‘Vansittartism’ in mind that he wrote a letter to The Sunday Times on 20 January 1941.
1978 N. Rose Vansittart xii. 260 A prolonged occupation by the allied forces; the complete destruction of the German army; drastic control of German heavy industry; the total disarmament of Germany; and the re-education of the German people. This was the essence of Vansittartism.
Derivatives
Vanˈsittartite n. a supporter of the policy of Vansittart; also attributive or as adj.
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1942 New Statesman 7 Mar. 166/3 Those who were once appeasers and then Vansittartites.
1973 R. W. Clark Einstein xxi. 567 His..refusal to budge from an almost Vansittartite approach to Germany.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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