Meaning of cute hoorism | Babel Free

Definitions

Cunning, trickery, cleverness, especially in negative sense: finagling, cynical self-interest.

Ireland, uncountable

Examples

“Some of the articles in this volume point to a culture of individusalism and ‘cute hoorism’ – where people try to get the political system to work for their own individual desires rather than for broad policy changes.”

“On a positive note, the Rechthaberei culture has bred a society of remarkable, dogged fairness – the opposite of cute hoorism.”

CEFR level