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Webster 1913 Edition
Whiggish
Whig′gish
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whiggish
WHIGGISH
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Whiggish
Whiggish
See also: whiggish
English
Adjective
Whiggish (comparative more Whiggish, superlative most Whiggish)
- Alternative letter-case form of whiggish
whiggish
whiggish
See also: Whiggish
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
whiggish (comparative more whiggish, superlative most whiggish)
- Characteristic of a Whig; liberal.
- of history, characterized by a belief in inevitable progress, and tending to evaluate the past by the standards of the present; see "Whig history".
Derived terms
- Whiggishness, whiggishness
Usage notes
- Often capitalized with historical usage.