Clintonist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A supporter of Bill Clinton. US
"A word of caution however is needed in Clinton's relationship with Indochina, bearing in mind that his foreign policy is being determined by Carterites, Reagan Democrats and Clintonists."
- 2 A supporter of Hillary Clinton. US
"Many Clintonists invested their campaign with a self-mythologizing notion that theirs was a historic quest—to achieve, at long last, the greatest of all gender breakthroughs in the history of the nation, or even the world."
- 1 Pertaining to the politics of Bill Clinton or his supporters. US
"In the 1990s, setting his jaw against Clintonist internationalism, he moved into the public eye once more with his predictions of an impending "clash of civilizations," which made him a cause célèbre, especially among those who hoped that the end of the cold war would not mean the end of cold-war levels of military spending."
- 2 Pertaining to the politics of Hillary Clinton or her supporters. US
"2017 July 23, Edward Helmore, "‘Dirtbag left’ takes aim at Clinton supporters", The Observer (UK, Sunday sister paper of The Guardian). In a recent edition, Chapo co-host Will Menaker accused – and not for the first time – Clintonist liberalism of being the architect of its own defeats."
Example
More examples"A word of caution however is needed in Clinton's relationship with Indochina, bearing in mind that his foreign policy is being determined by Carterites, Reagan Democrats and Clintonists."
Etymology
From Clinton + -ist. Piecewise doublet of Clintonista.
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