"whiggism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Whigism [alternative], Whiggism [alternative]
Etymology: From Whig + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Whig|ism}} Whig + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} whiggism (uncountable)
  1. (historical) Principles, philosophy, methods of the Whigs. Tags: historical, uncountable Translations (principles, philosophy and methods of the Whigs): whiggismo [masculine] (Portuguese)

Alternative forms

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