macdonaldism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The centrist political policies of Ramsay MacDonald, especially after his split with the Labour Party in 1931.
British usage; Uncountable
noun
The policies recommended by the Macdonald Commission, especially the neoliberal economic policies and emphasis on free trade.
Canadian usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Initially substance was limited but, eventually, moves to resolve this issue came with the publication of For Socialism and Peace which proposed a move away from MacDonaldism towards a highly planned economy and large state."
- "The allegation of 'MacDonaldism' would still be spat at Jenkins himself as late as the 1980s."
- "In a sense this pretence is a form of 'intellectual MacDonaldism'. Where 'MacDonaldism' consists in the betrayal of the needs of the movement for personal position, the 'doctrine' commentators betray the party in a more subtle and more fundamental way."
- "The second development revolved around the growth of a radical alternative to Macdonaldism."
- "And over and above this blatant injustice, through an ever-expanding global network the dehumanizing consequences of a certain uniform model of culture (call it cultural Macdonaldism) are spreading to the whole of the planet and eroding away the original local cultures."
- "And since 1993, the Liberals have practiced “Macdonaldism” with a vengeance."
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Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable
- Canadian usage