Definitions for Whiggism

Whiggism Whig·gism

Spelling: [hwig-iz-uh m, wig-]
IPA: /ˈʰwɪg ɪz əm, ˈwɪg-/

Whiggism is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in Whiggism (gghiimsw).

Definitions for Whiggism

noun

  1. the principles or practices of Whigs.

Origin of Whiggism

First recorded in 1660-70; Whig + -ism

Examples for Whiggism

Macaulay was not only a typical Whig, but the prophet of Whiggism to his generation.

In 1834 his hostility to Whiggism was becoming more pronounced, and a tenderness for some Tory doctrines more discernible.

Warren was disposed to Whiggism, and thought the king's recovery doubtful.

It was, as I have said, in philosophy what Whiggism was in politics.

It calls for no reopening of the long-hushed controversy between Democracy and Whiggism.

Whiggism is hypocritical; while professing to be liberal, it never initiates a good measure or hinders a bad one.

He might still call himself a Whig, and exult in the growth of Whiggism.

Parnell, a few years their senior, had been introduced by Swift to Oxford as a convert from Whiggism.

His Whiggism is so bigoted, and his Christianity so fierce, that he almost disgusts one with two very good things!'

That cannot be said of a Whig; for Whiggism is a negation of all principle.'

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