单词 | whole-hoggism |
释义 | whole-hoggismn. colloquial (originally U.S.). Now rare. Advocacy of or support for thoroughgoing or uncompromising action in the interests of a cause, project, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > thoroughgoing action through stitcha1569 thoroughgoing1770 whole-hoggism1831 whole-hoggery1835 thorough-goingness1836 1831 Niles' Weekly Reg. 22 Oct. 151/2 I have nothing to say against his taste; and it establishes his whole hoggism without doubt. 1899 Railway Official Gaz. May 72/3 Whole-hoggism manifests itself in all sorts and conditions of men. 1922 C. Hamilton Rustle of Silk ii. v. 73 The Government has plumped for whole hoggism and given Sinn Fein its finest advertisement. 1995 Amer. Prospect (Nexis) Winter 53 The problem is compounded by the proclivity of the schools for ‘whole-hoggism’: No curriculum change is ever gradual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1831 |
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