locofocoism

noun

lo·​co·​fo·​co·​ism

-ˈfōkōˌizəm

plural -s

often capitalized

: the principles of the Locofocos

the most arrant democracy and locofocoism that I ever happened to hear

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

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