Copperheadism

Copperheadism
/kop"euhr hed iz'euhm/, n.
U.S. Hist. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
[1860-65, Amer.; COPPERHEAD + -ISM]

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