[f. STALWART + -ISM.] The principles or policy of the ‘stalwarts’; the disposition characteristic of a ‘stalwart’ (see STALWART sb. 2, 2 b).
1879. Nation (N. Y.), 27 Nov., 355/2 (Cent.). But Stalwartism is a term which covers more than hostility to the South.
1899. Patten, Developm. Engl. Thought, i. 29–30. In the eighteenth century, stalwartism became a political force through the democratic ideals which developed in harmony with frugal idens.
