hunkerism

== English == === Etymology === From hunker +‎ -ism. === Noun === hunkerism (uncountable) (US, politics) The state of being a hunker; excessive conservatism or hostility to progress. === References === “hunkerism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.