Etymology
Origin of Toryism
Example Sentences
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Renewal, a think-tank founded in 2013 to promote working-class Toryism, is emerging as the new regime’s brains trust.
From Economist • Aug. 4, 2016
Tony Benn said: ‘Nonsense, it’s just the same old Toryism, but tougher.’
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2015
His brand of Toryism became known as "One Nation".
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2012
At a time when the working class was emerging as a social force, Disraeli advocates a paternalistic and compassionate Toryism that will unify Britain.
From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2012
The latest predecessor of her own sex upon the English Throne correctly interpreted as against periodical parliamentary majorities the loyalty of the nation to the Anglican Establishment; then a synonym for High Church Toryism.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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