(Ireland) Cunning, trickery, cleverness, especially in negative sense: finagling, cynical self-interest.
(Ireland) Cunning, trickery, cleverness, especially in negative sense: finagling, cynical self-interest.
Some of the articles in this volume point to a culture of individusalism and ‘cute hoorism’ – where people try to get the political system to work for their own individual desires rather than for broad policy changes.
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(Ireland, pejorative) Someone who acts from self-interest, rather than the common good or the national interest.