Thatcherite
1
8.6
- noun
- /ˈθætʃərˌaɪt/
:
thatcherista
- She proudly considers herself a Thatcherite, advocating for policies that promote individual entrepreneurship and minimal regulation.
My mom was a staunch Thatcherite and my dad was a trade union Labour right, so I grew up with these two opposing views in the house.
- My mom was a staunch Thatcherite and my dad was a trade union Labour right, so I grew up with these two opposing views in the house.
- So, so you know, yes, he's, he's on, he's clearly a right wing Thatcherite Farage.
Examples
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Certainly many eras have been a backdrop for similar concerns, but the Thatcherite rhetoric of the 1980s stands out as one of the most potent impositions of an ideological worldview onto the forms and themes of fictional texts since socialist realism.
Academic text (2016) -
The central thrust of Thatcherite strategies is to create a level playing field on which all economic actors would compete without compensating much for the fact that starting points are unequal.
Academic text (1991) -
Thatcherite proposals would not restrict the rights of employees to sell their shares individually to owners outside the firm.
Academic text (1991) -
My mom was a staunch Thatcherite and my dad was a trade union Labour right, so I grew up with these two opposing views in the house.
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Thatcherite shifts in discourse have been particularly pronounced in representations of class status.
Academic text (2016) -
There is a robust romance with the free market, a true love for the market of the purest kind—of the Thatcherite variety.
Academic text (1990) -
The novel suggests movement and change, from suburbia to London, from hippiedom to punk, and ends up being a commentary on the futility of youth cultures and movements in the rising conservatism of a Thatcherite England.
Academic text (2014) -
Many Conservative politicians identify as Thatcherites, supporting free-market policies and low government intervention.
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After the election, it was clear that a Thatcherite approach would dominate the new government's economic strategy.
Synonyms
2
8.1
A person who supports free markets and less government control
How Supportive
- Offensive
38
8.1
19
7.5
1
8.6
282
4.1
817
1.0
37
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thatcherite comes from the name Thatcher, the British leader Margaret Thatcher, plus the ending -ite, which means 'follower' or 'supporter'. So a Thatcherite is someone who supports Thatcher's ideas, especially free-market policies and small government.