Butskellistadj.n.
/ˈbʌtskᵻlɪst/, U.S. /ˈbətskələst/ A. adj.
Of, associated with, or characteristic of Butskellism (see Butskellism n.). Cf. Butskellite adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific politician
Pittite1770
Palmerstonian1846
Peelite1846
Cobdenic1853
Gladstonian1861
Parnellite1882
Churchillian1883
Chamberlainic1885
Chamberlainite1885
Cobdenite1887
Cobdenitish1905
Winstonian1905
Lloyd-Georgian1909
Walpolian1909
Asquithian1910
Churchillian1912
MacDonaldite1938
Bevanite1951
Butskellist1956
Butskellite1956
Mosleyite1960
Wilsonian1963
Wilsonite1963
Powellite1965
Powellist1968
Bennite1975
Thatcherite1977
Thatcheresque1979
Majorite1990
Blairite1993
1956 Observer 8 Jan. 8/1 Jean-Paul Sartre's Nekrassov..could never have been written in a Butskellist society. It could have sprung only from a country where extremism is not yet a term of abuse.
1981 Econ. Jrnl. 91 1099 The ineffective interventionism of the Butskellist centre is seen as the basic cause of British problems.
2011 New Statesman (Nexis) 3 Oct. 28 He disliked the charge of Butskellist consensus with Labour on economic policymaking.
B. n.
An adherent or supporter of Butskellism (see Butskellism n.). Cf. Butskellite n. rare.
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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
1957 Manch. Guardian 15 Jan. 6/7 The Right is not the power it was when, in the thirties, Mr Macmillan was the first Butskellist.
1959 F. Maclean Back to Bokhara i. 58 There is certainly much in the Soviet Government's lavish use of incentives..that would shock our own old-time Butskellists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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