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Meaning of one-nation conservatism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A pragmatic paternalistic form of conservatism, conscious of working-class issues.

UK, uncountable

Examples

“All this links Johnson firmly with his predecessors – Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May. So does (with Thatcher as the exception that proves the rule) his eagerness – on full display in his remarks in Downing Street on Friday – to employ that emptiest of empty signifiers, “one-nation Conservatism”.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

one-nation conservative one-nationism one-night stand one-nighter one-ninth one-of