Larkiniten.adj.
/ˈlɑːkɪnʌɪt/ A. n.
A follower or supporter of Larkin's labour principles.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies > policies of specific politicians > supporters of
Redmondite1891
O'Brienite1900
Larkinite1913
1913 Times 30 Sept. 6/4 One will find, outside the ranks of the workers, a very few thoroughgoing ‘Larkinites’.
1975 Irish Times 24 May 5/2 He is a Larkinite. ‘My father was active in the foundation of the Workers' Union of Ireland and was closely associated with Big Jim Larkin.’
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Larkin or Larkinites.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [adjective] > principles or policies > of specific politician
Parnellite1882
Redmondite1891
Larkinite1913
1913 Daily Express (Dublin) 28 Oct. 5/1 (heading) Nationalist M.P. and the Larkinite Policy.
1925 J. O'Connor Hist. Ireland 1798–1924 II. xxi. 271 Some of the other leaders, especially of the Larkinite section, were not satisfied.
Derivatives
ˈLarkinism n. the principles or policies of Larkin and Larkinites.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies > policies of specific politicians
O'Connellism1832
O'Brienism1889
Redmondism1893
Larkinism1913
1913 Times 30 Sept. 6/4 Whatever ‘Larkinism’ may be, it is no recognizable form of Socialism or of Syndicalism.
1964 W. P. Ryan in 1913: Jim Larkin & Dublin Lock-out (Workers' Union of Ireland) 14 The commission gave T. M. Healy..an opportunity of denouncing in ‘Larkinism’ what in his younger days he had applauded in farmers who struggled to bring landlords to reason.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
<
n.adj.1913