hunkerism
English
Etymology
From
hunker
+
-ism
.
Noun
hunkerism
(
uncountable
)
(
US
,
politics
)
The state of being a
hunker
; excessive
conservatism
or
hostility
to
progress
.
References
“
hunkerism
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.