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Thatcherite, n. and a. Pol.|ˈθætʃəraɪt|
[f. the name Thatcher (see def.) + -ite1.]
A. n. One who supports the views or policies of Mrs. Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925), British (Conservative) politician, who became Leader of the Opposition in 1975 and Prime Minister in 1979.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Mrs. Thatcher or Thatcherism.
1976Economist 17 Apr. 13/2 Tory constituency rooms were by 1974 fuller of anti-Butler Thatcherites than Mr Heath dreamed. 1977Times 16 May 11/7 The Thatcherite philosophy can be summed-up in two words, ‘non-interference’. 1980J. Boyd-Carpenter Way of Life xxiv. 265 The Thatcherite view accepts the..thesis that ‘equality of opportunity means equal opportunity to be unequal’. 1982Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 18/4 The Thatcherites..are genuinely trying to restore the private sphere, to bring back a world fit for gentlemen. Ibid. 11 Aug. 8/1 With the exception of that large part of the Labour party which is now authentically Bennite, we are all, to a greater or lesser extent, Thatcherites now.
So ˈThatcherism, the political and economic policies advocated by Mrs. Thatcher, esp. as contrasted with those of earlier Conservative leaders.
1979Times 24 Nov. 2/2 The party was fighting off the shrill divisiveness of Thatcherism, with its simple monetarist policies. 1981Glyn & Harrison Brit. Econ. Disaster v. 138 Many workers..see Thatcherism as an outmoded nineteenth century ideology with little relevance to contemporary economic reality. 1982Daily Tel. 11 Aug. 8 At heart, Thatcherism is a liberal economic reaction to the collectivism and corporatism of the past 40 years. |