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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being whiggish; whiggery.

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Examples

  • To be completely clear, I’m not accusing you of whiggishness, teleological thinking, etc.; it’s the historiography shaped by these break-points, much of which is still, unfortunately, embedded into the master narratives of Japanese history.

    井の中の蛙 » Fields and Periodization (yes, again) » Print 2009

  • To be completely clear, I’m not accusing you of whiggishness, teleological thinking, etc.; it’s the historiography shaped by these break-points, much of which is still, unfortunately, embedded into the master narratives of Japanese history.

    Fields and Periodization (yes, again) 2009

  • To be completely clear, I’m not accusing you of whiggishness, teleological thinking, etc.; it’s the historiography shaped by these break-points, much of which is still, unfortunately, embedded into the master narratives of Japanese history.

    Fields and Periodization (yes, again) 2009

  • To be completely clear, I’m not accusing you of whiggishness, teleological thinking, etc.; it’s the historiography shaped by these break-points, much of which is still, unfortunately, embedded into the master narratives of Japanese history.

    Fields and Periodization (yes, again) 2009

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