MacDonaldism

MacDonaldism

See also: Macdonaldism

English

Etymology

MacDonald +‎ -ism after Ramsay MacDonald, founder of the British Labour Party.

Noun

MacDonaldism (uncountable)

1. (chiefly UK) The centrist political policies of Ramsay MacDonald, especially after his split with the Labour Party in 1931.
   • 2012, Matt Cole, Political Parties in Britain, page 29:

     Initially substance was limited but, eventually, moves to resolve this issue came with the publication of For Socialism and Peace which proposed a move away from MacDonaldism towards a highly planned economy and large state.

   • 2014, John Campbell, Roy Jenkins:

     The allegation of 'MacDonaldism' would still be spat at Jenkins himself as late as the 1980s.

   • 2018, H. M. Drucker, Doctrine and Ethos in the Labour Party:

     In a sense this pretence is a form of 'intellectual MacDonaldism'. Where 'MacDonaldism' consists in the betrayal of the needs of the movement for personal position, the 'doctrine' commentators betray the party in a more subtle and more fundamental way.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with Macdonaldism or McDonaldization.

See also

• MacDonaldite