English Explanatory Dictionary

Thatcherism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The political ideology attributed to the governments of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990), characterised by, among other things, a free market economy, privatisation, low taxation, austerity and opposition to unionisation.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Thatcherism

Etymology

From Thatcher + -ism. Popularized by Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist Stuart Hall in an article in Marxism Today, see quotations.

Related words

Thatcher effect Thatcheresque Thatcherian Thatcher illusion Thatcherisation Thatcherise Thatcherist Thatcherite Thatcherization Thatcherize Thatchernomics Thatcher's children
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