单词 | toryistic |
释义 | Toryisticadj. Supporting or inclined to Toryism or political conservatism; characteristic of a Tory or political conservative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > conservative > inclined to Toryism Toryish1681 Toryistic1855 1855 ‘O. S. Freeman’ Lett. Slavery ix. 90 She [sc. South Carolina] was too essentially toryistic, or Filmerean to take this step. She adopted, through her delegates, however, the principles of the Declaration of Independence. 1899 W. D. Howells in Literature (N.Y.) 1 July 692 By a curious irony of fate he came to stand in later years for something toryistic to men who were fighting other anti-slavery battles. 1960 Daily Tel. 1 Oct. 13/1 Mr. Howard Fry..accused Mr. Thorpe of making one of the ‘most objectionable Toryistic speeches’ he had listened to at a Liberal meeting. 2012 R. P. Lessenich Neoclassical Satire & Romantic School 24 Hunt published Foliage in response to his Cockney-bashing detractors in the new Toryistic Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.1855 |
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