Ruthanasia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of Ruth +‎ euthanasia, in reference to the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.

Noun[edit]

Ruthanasia (uncountable)

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  1. (slang, derogatory, New Zealand politics) The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.
    • 1991, New Statesman Society, volume 4:
      Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia.
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