Ruthanasia
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English
Etymology
Blend of Ruth + euthanasia, in reference to the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.
Noun
Ruthanasia (uncountable)
- (slang, derogatory, New Zealand politics) The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.
- 1991, New Statesman Society, volume 4:
- Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia.