insiderism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English insider Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English insiderism From insider + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The characteristic behavior of insiders
Weiner and his aides dismissed such talk as idle political insiderism […]
2009 January 13, Michael Barbaro, Raymond Hernandez, “Sounding Like a Rival, Weiner Attacks Bloomberg”, in New York Times:
- (uncountable) Attitudes or behavior which are preferential to insiders