cakeism
noun[U]
mainlyUKinformaluk/ˈkeɪ.kɪ.zəm/us/ˈkeɪ.kɪ.zəm/thewishto have or do two good things at the sametimewhen this isimpossible. This word comes from the phrase "to haveyourcakeandeatit too":
Heseemsto berunningforelectionon aplatformof cakeism: you can haveyourcakeandeatit, too.
- Hedeniesthat there is anydownsideto hispolicies; hisdoctrineis one of cakeism.
- Thearticlesays that thosepushingfor Brexit areguiltyof cakeism.
- You can't be the president'sdaughterwhen itsuitsyou and anadviserat othertimes: this is cakeism.
- For me there is asenseof "cakeism" about thebook- that thepracticesandthinkingdescribedaresomehowbothradicalandtraditional.
Impossible and improbable
- apt
- aptness
- be out of the questionidiom
- be pissing in the windidiom
- beggar
- doubt
- fear
- flimsily
- flimsiness
- goodbye
- goodbye tosomethingidiom
- impenetrably
- implausibility
- nail
- nohow
- not have a snowball's chance in hellidiom
- one in a millionidiom
- pig
- pigs might flyidiom
- unicorn
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