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blairism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
blairism
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The political ideology attributed to the governments of British Prime Minister Tony Blair

British usage; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English Blair Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Blairism From Blair + -ism.

Usage

Derived Forms

Blatcherism

Phrases

New Labour Old Labour Tony's Cronies

Frequently Paired Words

Blairite Brownism Brownite Majorite New Labour Old Labour Thatcherite Tony's Cronies

Questions

What does blairism mean?
The political ideology attributed to the governments of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Where does blairism come from?
Etymology tree English Blair Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Blairism From Blair + -ism.

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