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Whiggery

Whiggery \Whig"ger*y\, n. The principles or practices of the Whigs; Whiggism.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Whiggery

"principles or practices of the Whigs," 1680s, from Whig + -ery.

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Whiggery

Whiggery may mean:

  • Whiggism, support for the principles of the British Whig Party of the late 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries
  • Whiggishness, a more cosmic attitude on progress, liberalism, and the arrow of time in history.

Usage examples of "whiggery".

Whiggery, to stultify Chartism, and that demoralizing lie, the ballot.