Merkelism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The politics of German politician Angela Merkel (born 1954). uncountable

    "And the winner is . . . Angela Merkel. After 16 years, Germany’s chancellor is standing down. The nation’s voters are signalling they want to hang on to “Merkelism”."

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"And the winner is . . . Angela Merkel. After 16 years, Germany’s chancellor is standing down. The nation’s voters are signalling they want to hang on to “Merkelism”."

Etymology

From Merkel + -ism.

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