English Explanatory Dictionary

Tylerism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The policies of U.S. president John Tyler.
  2. The practice of abandoning the political party to which political office is owed, defecting while in office, committing political apostasy.
  3. The Reformed theology of Bennet Tyler.

Word forms

Tylerism Tylerisms

Etymology

From Tyler + -ism. The abandoning-political-party sense came from John Tyler who is said to have done this after William Henry Harrison died in office.

Related words

Tylerize
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