Meanings
nounentryism (uncountable)
- uncountableA political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectable candidate.
Conservative MPs are warning of a risk of entryism in the party as the pro-Brexit group Leave.EU encourages its supporters to become members in order to back Boris Johnson or Jacob Rees-Mogg in a future leadership contest.
2018 August 19, Heather Stewart, “Brexit: Tory MPs warn of entryism threat from Leave.EU supporters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2020
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
- Latin*interus
- Latinintrā
- Latinintrō
- Old Frenchentrer
- Middle Frenchentrer
- Frenchentrer
- Frenchentrisme
- Englishentrism
- Englishentryinflu.
- Englishentryism
Previously spelt entrism, borrowed from French entrisme but reconstructed as entry + -ism.
More words from French
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Chinese Mandarin 打入主義 /打入主义
- 打入主義 /打入主义Translations
French entrisme
- entrismeTranslations
German Entrismus
- EntrismusTranslations
Indonesian entriisme
- entriismeTranslations
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Cite this entry
APA
entryism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entryism
MLA
“entryism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entryism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entryism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entryism.
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