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catch-allism

noun

Etymology

From catch-all + -ism.

  1. derived from captō
  2. derived from captio
  3. derived from cachier
  4. inherited from cacchen
  5. suffixed as catch-all — “catch + all”
  6. suffixed as catch-allism — “catch-all + ism”

Definitions

  1. A position that lacks strong commitments or ideology.

    • This tendency may enhance an electoral strategy of parties which is often called catch-allism: parties seek to accomplish a wide electoral appeal aimed at vote maximization.
    • Not all of these are wholly independent of the parties, of course, in that at least some of the ostensibly external shocks that have impacted on parties in recent years have their origin in the initial shift towards catch-allism.
    • I have argued above that with catch-allism and the restriction of policy scopes many of these aspects have become more vulnerable in most European parties.

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