macdonaldism · noun — the centrist political policies of Ramsay MacDonald, especially after his split with the Labour Party in 1931.
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Etymology
From MacDonald + -ism after Ramsay MacDonald, founder of the British Labour Party.
noun
- The centrist political policies of Ramsay MacDonald, especially after his split with the Labour Party in 1931.
- The policies recommended by the Macdonald Commission, especially the neoliberal economic policies and emphasis on free trade.e.g.“The second development revolved around the growth of a radical alternative to Macdonaldism.” — 1994, Neville Kirk, Labour and Society in Britain and the USA, page 75:
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