# entryism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectable candidate.

## Etymology
Previously spelt entrism, borrowed from French entrisme but reconstructed as entry + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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