(UK politics) The political ideology attributed to the governments of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990), characterised by, among other things, a free market economy, privatisation, low taxation, austerity and opposition to unionisation.

A person who installs thatch as a roofing material. / A device which removes dead grass clippings from a lawn. (Technically a dethatcher, often a lawnmower attachment.)

plural of thatcher

An occupational surname originating as an occupation for someone who covered roofs in straw. / Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister. / A town in Graham County, Arizona.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Thatcherize

present participle of Thatcherize

(transitive, UK politics) To subject to Thatcherism. / (transitive) To modify (an image) by partial inversion, so that it triggers the Thatcher effect in observers.

simple past tense and past participle of Thatcherize

The act or process of Thatcherizing.

People who grew up or were born in the United Kingdom during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and who adopted the ideology of Thatcherism.