Ribbonism

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Etymology

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ribbon +‎ -ism, from the green badge they wore.

Proper noun

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Ribbonism

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  1. (historical) A 19th-century popular movement of Catholics in Ireland, active against landlords and their agents, and opposed to the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.
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