Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or relating to Thatcherism.
- adj. Supporting Thatcherism.
- n. An advocate of Thatcherism.
Etymologies
- From Thatcher + -ite, after former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He issued a press release which didn't dispute Mr Darling's assessment of the SNP's future economic prospects but merely attacked him for being touted as campaign leader by what they called a "Thatcherite" - easily their favourite insult - former Tory minister, Lord Forsyth.”
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“Don't think anyone would call me a 'Thatcherite' - but I am an admirer of her legacy.”
“• Philip Hensher: 'Thatcherite' - an insult that's had its day”
“Finally, Mme Pujol comes to nurse political ambitions, and there is something that might almost be called Thatcherite in her bearing, were it not that these Anglo-Saxon influences are really quite alien.”
“Former Archbishop called 'Thatcherite yesterday's man' by fellow cleric”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
“Benefits: Families and disabled people will be hit by 'Thatcherite' cuts”
The Guardian: Retailers suffer headache after trickle to beat VAT rise
“The only significant "Thatcherite" reform of the first term was the "right to buy" scheme for council house tenants.”
“Westerwelle's Free Democratic Party favors nuclear power --- which, in Germany, means stalling the nuclear power plant phase-out --- and "Thatcherite" economic reforms.”
“Perhaps you have already seen this remarkable BBC item suggesting that Mrs Thatcher was not really "Thatcherite"!”
“Chile is a democracy, the most advanced country in South America due to implementation of 'Thatcherite' policies when it was a dictatorship and continued ever since.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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