Orangeismn.
/ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɔrənˌdʒɪz(ə)m/, /ˈɑrənˌdʒɪz(ə)m/ The principles and practice of the Orange Order; the advocacy of Protestant and Loyalist political principles, esp. in Northern Ireland. See Orange adj.2 2.
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whiteboyism1777
Defenderism1795
United Irishism1800
republicanism1807
Orangeism1811
Rockism1824
repeal1830
unionism1831
whitefootism1832
West Britonism1841
Young Irelandism1846
Home Rule1858
Fenianism1866
Land-leaguism1881
nationalism1885
Sinn Feinism1907
partition1919
Ulsterization1977
1811 Globe 8 Nov. 2/1 Some of the Dublin papers received this day complain, that Monday last, the anniversary of the landing of King William, his statue in College-green was decked with Orange, and in the afternoon a party of the Fermanagh Militia, headed a Serjeant, were suffered to parade the streets, decorated in all the trappings of Orangeism.
1821 Examiner 11 Nov. 712/2 (heading) Orangeism in London.
1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 104 The most rancorous..champion of Orangeism and landlordism in the British parliament.
1890 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. (ed. 2) VIII. xxix. 93 Every Protestant who was not well known..lay under the suspicion of Orangism.
1946 Internat. Affairs 22 574 [He] has produced a running commentary on Orangeism, its leaders, phases and effects.
1972 Guardian 11 Feb. 10/4 Orangeism is not a breaking point... The Orange Order no longer represents the main body of Protestant opinion.
1986 R. Bothwell Short Hist. Ontario iv. 76 The strength of Orangeism [in Ontario] had not prevented compromise between Protestant and Catholic, or between English and French Canadians.
2002 Church Times 12 July 2/1 Those who had come along to support the Orangemen of Portadown district had done enormous damage to Orangeism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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