Palmerstonianadj.n.
/ˌpɑːməˈstəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌpɑ(l)mərˈstoʊniən/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or suggestive of Lord Palmerston or the forceful diplomacy associated with him.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific politician
Pittite1770
Palmerstonian1846
Peelite1846
Cobdenic1853
Gladstonian1861
Parnellite1882
Churchillian1883
Chamberlainic1885
Chamberlainite1885
Cobdenite1887
Cobdenitish1905
Winstonian1905
Lloyd-Georgian1909
Walpolian1909
Asquithian1910
Churchillian1912
MacDonaldite1938
Bevanite1951
Butskellist1956
Butskellite1956
Mosleyite1960
Wilsonian1963
Wilsonite1963
Powellite1965
Powellist1968
Bennite1975
Thatcherite1977
Thatcheresque1979
Majorite1990
Blairite1993
1846 Spectator 26 Sept. 913/1 A certain Whig section of the Liberal party in London, for whom at present the Morning Chronicle and the Times utter duplicate ‘leading articles’ of a very Palmerstonian stamp.
1858 Illustr. News of World 5 June 283/2 Thunderbolts in the Times which made Mr. Disraeli, at Slough, virtuously protest against Palmerstonian corruption of the press.
1900 Daily News 31 Dec. 4/7 The century, considered from a political point of view, may be divided into the Eldonian, the Peelite, the Palmerstonian, and the Gladstonian eras.
1946 J. W. Day Harvest Adventure xii. 195 One old man, with a Palmerstonian pippin face..talked of Culford as had done the beater half an hour before.
1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. viii. 133 The Whigs saw Egypt in narrow Palmerstonian terms: a gunboat or two, the landing of some redcoats, the authority of the friendly ruler restored.
B. n.
A supporter of Lord Palmerston or his policies.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > principles of or support for specific politicians > supporters of specific politician
Straffordiansa1675
Pittite1762
Foxite1782
Wilkitea1797
Burkite1807
Peelite1829
Russellite1835
Gladstonian1847
Palmerstonian1852
Parnellite1881
Chamberlainite1884
Churchillian1886
Cobdenite1887
Lloyd-Georgeite1921
MacDonaldite1924
Asquithian1928
Lloyd-Georgian1928
Mosleyite1932
Churchillian1933
Bevanite1951
Butskellite1955
Butskellist1957
Wilsonian1963
Wilsonite1963
Powellite1966
Powellist1968
Bennite1976
Thatcherite1976
Majorite1990
Blairite1994
1852 Littell's Living Age 4 Sept. 477/1 By the exclusion of the latter from Parliament, the numerical strength of the pure Palmerstonians is diminished by one half.
1858 Illustr. News of World 24 Apr. 187/1 Exposed to an attack from Palmerston and the Palmerstonians.
1963 Hist. Jrnl. 6 55 To the Palmerstonians, Russia was an aggressor state to be restrained, if necessary.
1996 Amer. Hist. Rev. 101 1207/2 He shows that the Palmerstonians within the Whig party resisted the centralizing thrust of the board.
Derivatives
Palmerˈstonianism n. = Palmerstonism n.
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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
1869 Putnam's Mag. Apr. 484/2 Their oft-repeated predictions were one by one coming true, despite Palmerstonianism and its attendant ills.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 14 Dec. 8/1 The revived Palmerstonianism of Lord Rosebery.
1997 London Rev. Bks. 23 Jan. 23/1 In foreign policy, Disraeli could hardly miss the open goal which Gladstone, by abandoning Palmerstonianism, had left for him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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