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Butskellism

But·skel·lism [ bútskill ìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1950s British centrist politics: the perceived consensus politics of the Conservative and Labour parties in the United Kingdom in the 1950s, when R. A. Butler and Hugh Gaitskell were the chancellors of the two parties when in power.

[Mid-20th century. < blend of Butler + Gaitskell]
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