Crokerismn.
/ˈkrəʊkərɪz(ə)m/ 1. The political principles of John Wilson Croker (1780–1857).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > principles of or support for specific politicians
Wilkism1769
Pittism1809
Peelism1844
Crokerism1851
Palmerstonism1866
Palmerstonianism1869
Gladstonism1873
Chamberlainism1879
Parnellism1880
Gladstonianism1886
Cobdenism1887
Lloyd-Georgism1910
MacDonaldism1924
Chamberlainism1939
Bevanism1951
Butskellism1954
Lloyd-Georgery1958
Powellism1965
Paisleyism1966
Thatcherism1977
Blairism1994
1851 T. Carlyle New Lett. (1904) II. 114 I was reading in the Quarterly Review:—very beggarly Crokerism, all of copperas and gall and human baseness.
1927 Observer 9 Oct. 16/4 When Randolph Churchill set out to revive his party, what did he do? He swept away Crokerism.
2. In U.S. politics, the political following and influence of Richard Croker (1841–1922), who made himself master (c1888) of the Tammany organization and subsequently attained to great power in the government of the state of New York.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > of specific politician or support for
Jacksonism1824
Tylerism1844
Monroeism1856
Jeffersonianism1876
Rooseveltism1890
Crokerism1897
Wilsonism1920
Rooseveltism1932
McCarthyism1950
Goldwaterism1960
new frontier1960
Reaganism1966
Bushism1980
Clintonism1992
1897 Daily News 4 Nov. 3/4 Evidence..that Crokerism had brought New York to almost the lowest possible point.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 27 Oct. 6/2 Mr. Roosevelt..urged..the killing of Crokerism in the State.
1901 Daily Chron. 3 Oct. 5/7 The supporters of Crokerism and corruption..are opposed by the advocates of good government with freedom from bosses.
Derivatives
ˈCrokerist n. an adherent of Crokerism; also attributive.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > of specific politician or support for > adherent or supporter of
Washingtonian1789
Clintonian1792
Jeffersonian1799
Jacksonite1819
Jacksonian1824
Williamsite1833
Crokerist1901
Monroeist1901
Wilsonian1921
Wallaceite1948
Nixonite1950
McCarthyite1952
Nixonian1960
Goldwaterite1963
Reaganite1965
Wallaceite1968
McGovernite1972
Reaganaut1980
Clintonite1992
1901 Daily Chron. 1 Nov. 6/3 He will..vote the whole Fusionist ‘ticket’ or the whole Crokerist ‘ticket’ as it is offered to him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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