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Preferred term
Whiggism
Definition
- The term Whiggism refers to the philosophical principles of the British Whig party, the name attached to the reformist political party that, by the mid-19th century, had come to be called the Liberal party. The term Whig appears to be Scots Gaelic, a derogatory term for horse thief, that was used to describe adherents of the Presbyterian cause in Scotland in the early 17th century. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Whiggism]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Whiggism
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