English Explanatory Dictionary

Butskellism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A centrist economic policy obtaining in post-war Britain, upheld by both Conservative and Labour Chancellors.

Word forms

Butskellism

Etymology

Blend of Butler + Gaitskell + -ism, after Rab Butler, the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer 1951–55, and his Labour predecessor Hugh Gaitskell 1950–51.

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