Lincolnomics
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Economic policies associated with the administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861–1865. US, rare, uncountable
"It’s little wonder the Republicans are always so anxious about midterm elections. They lost ground in the very first one — when Abraham Lincoln was in the White House, in 1862. The Democrats picked up 38 House seats in that election, and they might have won more if President Lincoln hadn’t used federal troops to intimidate the opposition in some of the border-state contests. Democrats even won a majority of the House seats from Lincoln’s home state of Illinois. Was it a signal to Washington that Lincolnomics had failed? Not at all."
Example
More examples"It’s little wonder the Republicans are always so anxious about midterm elections. They lost ground in the very first one — when Abraham Lincoln was in the White House, in 1862. The Democrats picked up 38 House seats in that election, and they might have won more if President Lincoln hadn’t used federal troops to intimidate the opposition in some of the border-state contests. Democrats even won a majority of the House seats from Lincoln’s home state of Illinois. Was it a signal to Washington that Lincolnomics had failed? Not at all."
Etymology
Blend of Lincoln + economics, equivalent to Lincoln + -nomics.
More for "lincolnomics"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.