English Explanatory Dictionary

Poplarism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921.

Word forms

Poplarism

Etymology

From poplar + -ism.

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