Wilkismn.
/ˈwɪlkɪz(ə)m/ The principles or policies associated with John Wilkes.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > principles of or support for specific politicians
Wilkism1769
Pittism1809
Peelism1844
Crokerism1851
Palmerstonism1866
Palmerstonianism1869
Gladstonism1873
Chamberlainism1879
Parnellism1880
Gladstonianism1886
Cobdenism1887
Lloyd-Georgism1910
MacDonaldism1924
Chamberlainism1939
Bevanism1951
Butskellism1954
Lloyd-Georgery1958
Powellism1965
Paisleyism1966
Thatcherism1977
Blairism1994
1769 Mrs. Harris Let. 24 Mar. in Earl of Malmesbury Lett. (1870) I. 177 The Wilkism, and obscenity of the woman proved the greatest attraction.
1778 J. Witherspoon Address to Natives Scotl. residing in Amer. 5 What effect this Wilkism (If I may so speak) of many Americans may be supposed to have had upon the minds of gentlemen from Scotland, it is not difficult to explain.
1930 R. Postgate ‘That Devil Wilkes’ xiv. 248 (heading) The end of Wilkism.
Derivatives
ˈWilkite n. a follower of John Wilkes or his ideas.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > principles of or support for specific politicians > supporters of specific politician
Straffordiansa1675
Pittite1762
Foxite1782
Wilkitea1797
Burkite1807
Peelite1829
Russellite1835
Gladstonian1847
Palmerstonian1852
Parnellite1881
Chamberlainite1884
Churchillian1886
Cobdenite1887
Lloyd-Georgeite1921
MacDonaldite1924
Asquithian1928
Lloyd-Georgian1928
Mosleyite1932
Churchillian1933
Bevanite1951
Butskellite1955
Butskellist1957
Wilsonian1963
Wilsonite1963
Powellite1966
Powellist1968
Bennite1976
Thatcherite1976
Majorite1990
Blairite1994
a1797 J. Wilkes in Lincoln & McEwen Lord Eldon's Anecdote Bk. (1960) 15 I have nothing to do with such a Man. He was a Wilkite, which I never was.
1917 H. Bleackley Life Wilkes xiv. 251 The zeal of hundreds of sturdy Wilkites had oozed away.
1930 R. Postgate ‘That Devil Wilkes’ xiv. 258 They knew only that he had shot down Wilkites.
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