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Poplarism

Poplarism noun: the situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921.

Noun

Poplarism (uncountable)

  1. (UK, historical) The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921.

Origin of Poplarism

From poplar + -ism.

Questions about Poplarism

What does Poplarism mean?
Poplarism means the situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921.
What part of speech is Poplarism?
Poplarism is a noun.

Words near Poplarism in the dictionary

  1. poplar borers
  2. poplar hawkmoth
  3. Poplar Valley
  4. Poplar-Cotton Center
  5. poplared
  6. Poplarism
  7. poplarlike
  8. poplars
  9. Poplarville
  10. Poplawski
  11. Poplawskis

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