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[ hwig-ish, wig- ] / ˈʰwɪg ɪʃ, ˈwɪg- /
adjectiveof, relating to, or characteristic of Whigs or Whiggism. inclined to Whiggism. Origin of WhiggishFirst recorded in 1670–80; Whig + -ish1 OTHER WORDS FROM WhiggishWhig·gish·ly, adverbWhig·gish·ness, nounWords nearby Whiggishwhiffle, whiffler, whiffletree, whiffy, whig, Whiggish, Whiggism, whigmaleerie, whigmaleery, Whig party, while Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for WhiggishFinally, Obama weighed in with his teleological view of the historical process, revealing a rather optimistic and Whiggish view. On ‘Hardball,’ Obama Touts HealthCare.gov, Dodges Clinton-Biden Talk|Ben Jacobs|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST "Jersey will be the most whiggish colony on the continent," writes an officer of this corps of Cadwalader's. The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77|Samuel Adams Drake His passions, on the contrary, were violent even to slaying against all who leaned to Whiggish principles. Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson|Thomas Babington Macaulay As far, however, as he could be said to have any opinions, his opinions were Whiggish. The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
I asked Hardinge last night what he thought of it, and he said it struck him as ‘too Whiggish.’ The Greville Memoirs|Charles C. F. Greville For the Tories this tap represented all that was most loathsome, most repulsive, most Whiggish. The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various
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