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levelism|ˈlɛvəlɪz(ə)m|
Also 7 levellism, 8 levillism.
[f. level a. or v. + -ism.]
The principle of levelling distinctions in society. In early use spec. the principles advocated by the ‘Levellers’.
1659Democritus turned Statesm. in Harl. Misc. (1810) VI. 194 This day a Republican, to-morrow what you please; a favourer of Levellism [etc.]. 1708S. Sewall Diary 15 Jan. (1879) II. 210 He speaks against Levillism, Buying and Selling Men. 1831Fraser's Mag. III. 480 We had given sufficient evidence of our ability to grapple with the leviathan of levelism in matters ecclesiastical. |