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big society

noun

Etymology

Coined by political adviser Steve Hilton, to contrast with big government.

Definitions

  1. A conservative-liberal policy advocating the strengthening of local government and…

    A conservative-liberal policy advocating the strengthening of local government and communities.

    • David Cameron today pledged to create communities with “oomph”, as he launched the Tory vision of a “big society” that would involve a dramatic redistribution of power from “the elite in Whitehall to the man and woman on the street”.
    • Blue Labour thinking, here, converges seamlessly with Cameron's “big society”.
    • Not only were charities facing “crippling spending cuts”, but the government had also lost its way without a clear narrative to deliver the big society, he said.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA