Thatcherize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To subject to Thatcherism. UK, transitive

    "Throughout the 1980s, she had been Thatcherizing the Cabinet."

  2. 2
    To modify (an image) by partial inversion, so that it triggers the Thatcher effect in observers. transitive

Example

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"Throughout the 1980s, she had been Thatcherizing the Cabinet."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

thatcher effect

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