Palmerstonismn.
/ˈpɑːməstənɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpɑːməstn̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mərstəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Political policy derived from or resembling that of Lord Palmerston.
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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
1866 R. S. Charnock Verba Nominalia 217 Palmerstonism,..old-soldierism; soft-soap.
1935 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 1 315 It seemed clear that the pacific and victorious free trade element in British politics was in no mood to tolerate the Palmerstonism type of democracy.
1966 Economist 12 Nov. 683/2 Palmerstonism was already hopelessly bankrupt.
1991 Time (Nexis) 4 Mar. 28 Gorbachev has shown that while he will go his own way when he feels it necessary, he will also look for areas where he and Bush can move in tandem. Call it Soviet Palmerstonism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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