cakeism
/ˈkeɪkɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations and subsequent deliberations.
British usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "What is now known as “cakeism” – the idea that the UK can have everything it wants merely because it wants it – is becoming, like climate-change denial, the subject of rational discussion."
- "The letter is the latest blatant example of British cakeism."
- "The government has adopted Johnson's notorious attitude to cake – wanting to have it and to eat it – and made cakeism its defining creed."
- "Cakeism is not a formula that works in government because, in reality, the cake has to be rationed and people notice."
- ""Cakeism" has run riot — vast, incoherent ambitions detached from political, economic and business realities."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable