me too-ism

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Noun

me too-ism (countable and uncountable, plural me too-isms)

  1. Alternative form of me-tooism
    • 1992, Gregory F. Treverton, “Integrating Germany, Engaging America”, in America, Germany, and the Future of Europe, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 79:
      [Thomas E.] Dewey’s loss of the presidency in 1948 had seemed a loss for “me too-ism”; Republicans were feeling that [Harry S.] Truman had reaped all the political benefits from policies they had been crucial in shaping.
    • 2008, Peter van Onselen, Philip Senior, “Introduction”, in Howard’s End: The Unravelling of a Government, Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, Melbourne University Publishing, →ISBN, page x:
      Finally, Rudd neutralised other issues by furiously agreeing with the government. This led to charges of ‘me too-ism’, but it also left the government little with which to go after Rudd and kept the debate focused on the areas where Rudd wanted it.
    • 2014, Michael Kenny, “Political Intimations of English Grievance: West Lothian and the Barnett Formula”, in The Politics of English Nationhood, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205:
      I conclude by suggesting that a growing sense of English disaffection in relation to West Lothian and the distribution of public expenditure across the UK should be understood as a sign that a deeply held sense of procedural fairness has been violated, rather than dismissed as a species of the ‘sour me too-ism’ which much commentary continues to identify as the core of English national consciousness.

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