big tentism

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From big tent +‎ -ism.

Noun

big tentism (uncountable)

  1. (politics) The act of appealing to as many different groups, philosophies, and ideologies as possible.
    • 2007 September 25, Stephen Tall, “Vince hits out at Gordon’s ‘Big Tentism’”, in Liberal Democrat Voice‎[1]:
      “I am concerned about what I would regard as big tentism – this attempt to get everybody into the same fold. I think it is an attempt to create – in the nicest possible way – a one-party state.”
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