locofocoism

locofocoism
\\-ˈfōkōˌizəm\ noun (-s)
Usage: often capitalized
: the principles of the Locofocos

the most arrant democracy and locofocoism that I ever happened to hear — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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/loh'koh foh"koh iz'euhm/, n. (sometimes l.c.)
the doctrines of the Locofocos.
[1830-40, Amer.; LOCOFOCO + -ISM]

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