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noun
The centrist political policies of Ramsay MacDonald, especially after his split with the Labour Party in 1931.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
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noun
The policies recommended by the Macdonald Commission, especially the neoliberal economic policies and emphasis on free trade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, uncountable
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History
From MacDonald + -ism after Ramsay MacDonald, founder of the British Labour Party.
From Macdonald + -ism, from Donald Stovel Macdonald, the chair of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (the Macdonald Commission).
