Benn|ism

Benn|ism
Benn|ism «BEHN ihz uhm», noun.
British. the policy of extending state ownership and intervention in private industry: »

Desperate problems beset Labour…the problem of Bennism, petrified industry (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

[< Anthony Wedgwood Benn, born 1925, British Labour party leader + -ism]

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