Politicalism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Political zeal. uncountable
"He has wasted his substance in riotous politicalism, and preferred to eat the husks of financial prodigality to return to the fatted calf of honest industry and the robe and ring of progressive nationalism."
- 2 Political ideology. countable
"Hence you realize that, whether it is socialism or any other politicalism, there is absolutely no change on the part of the other fellow, and the best thing you can do is to devise, to create a politicalism of your own ."
- 3 A typical example of political speech. countable
"Paulding's play seemed the sort of material we should read for the Dictionary , for in a popular play of its type one might expect to find many politicalisms of the day."
Example
More examples"He has wasted his substance in riotous politicalism, and preferred to eat the husks of financial prodigality to return to the fatted calf of honest industry and the robe and ring of progressive nationalism."
Etymology
From political + -ism.
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