Big-tentism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of big tentism. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "By adopting big-tentism, conservatism has been allowed to degenerate into pseudo-conservatism, an ideology essentially the same as contemporary progressivism: embracing of every ideology and policy position whose inclusion is politically expedient."

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"By adopting big-tentism, conservatism has been allowed to degenerate into pseudo-conservatism, an ideology essentially the same as contemporary progressivism: embracing of every ideology and policy position whose inclusion is politically expedient."

Etymology

From big-tent + -ism.

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