cakeism
noun
- policy of having one’s cake and eating it too
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪkɪzəm/
noun
Etymology: From cake + -ism, referring to have one's cake and eat it too.
- The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations and subsequent deliberations.
“What is now known as “cakeism” – the idea that the UK can have everything it wants merely because it wants it – is becoming, like climate-change denial, the subject of rational discussion.”
“The letter is the latest blatant example of British cakeism.”