Whiggeryn.
/ˈwɪɡ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪɡəri/ Chiefly depreciative.† 2. Rebellion. Cf. Whig n.2 2b. Obsolete.
1. The principles, policies, or practice of Whigs, in later use esp. the Whig Party in Britain or the United States. Cf. Whiggism n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Whiggism
Whiggism1681
Whiggery1682
1682 Heraclitus Ridens 2 May 2/2 What other Whiggery have you?
1714 G. Lockhart Mem. Affairs Scotl. 128 The first of these was..after the Revolution, raised to the Bench upon Account of his Whiggery and Disloyalty.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 122 That's a' your whiggery, and your presbytery, ye cut-lugged, graning carles! View more context for this quotation
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 275 Noisy zealots, whose only claim to promotion was that they were always drinking confusion to Whiggery, and lighting bonfires to burn the Exclusion Bill.
1876 N. Amer. Rev. 123 213 Whiggery meant sound views on the tariff.
1908 Sat. Rev. 9 May 586/2 We must congratulate Mr. Asquith on disregarding the shrill cries of antiquated whiggery.
2017 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 13 Feb. 42 Mrs May, whose version of conservatism is tinged with whiggery and liberalism, reminiscent of Joseph Chamberlain, expressed the hope for magnanimity.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > rebellion against any authority
rebeltyc1384
rebellionc1400
rebela1425
revoltment1550
revolturea1650
Whiggery1826
1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds i. 3 When the day happened to be wet, the poultry were accustomed to murmur their sullen and envious whiggery against the same weather [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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