Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thatcherize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thatcher-ize
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To subject to Thatcherism.

British usage; Transitive verb

verb

To modify (an image) by partial inversion, so that it triggers the Thatcher effect in observers.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Throughout the 1980s, she had been Thatcherizing the Cabinet."
"This Thatcherized ethos showed how easily militant economism worked against the Left, once the postwar settlement's corporatist scaffolding was gone […]"

Etymology

From Thatcher + -ize, named after British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Thatcher

Usage

British usage
Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

Thatcherizes (present, singular) Thatcherizing (participle, present) Thatcherized (participle, past) Thatcherized (past) Thatcherise (alternative)

Derived Forms

Thatcherization

Phrases

Thatcher effect Thatcher illusion Thatcher's children

Frequently Paired Words

Thatcher effect Thatcheresque Thatcherian Thatcher illusion Thatcherisation Thatcherise Thatcherism Thatcherist

Questions

What does thatcherize mean?: To subject to Thatcherism.
Where does thatcherize come from?: From Thatcher + -ize, named after British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013).

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