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quangoism

quangoism noun: the beliefs or attitudes of quangos.

Noun

quangoism (uncountable)

  1. The beliefs or attitudes of quangos.
    • John Walden, who was charged with monitoring this exercise in quangoism, found that many civil servants disliked this level of consultation.1982, Philip Geddes, In the mouth of the dragon, page 70
    • Whether it was corporatism or merely a limited experiment in quangoism, however, even the Labour government was starting to grow impatient with the MSC's independent autonomy, although such dissatisfaction was never overt.2002, Brendan Evans, Politics of the Training Market, page 26

Origin of quangoism

From quango + -ism.

Questions about quangoism

What does quangoism mean?
Quangoism means the beliefs or attitudes of quangos.
What part of speech is quangoism?
Quangoism is a noun.

Words near quangoism in the dictionary

  1. quango
  2. quangocracies
  3. quangocracy
  4. quangocrat
  5. quangocrats
  6. quangoism
  7. quangoization
  8. quangoland
  9. quangos
  10. Quangsi
  11. Quangtung

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