Dreampolitik

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Policy focused on emotion, fantasy and spectacle rather than pragmatism. uncountable

    "Hamilton spurred a movement— suddenly, every other 14 year old girl was writing alternative universe coffee shop fanfiction about the Founding Fathers. The wig-wearing, never bathing, slave-owning Founding Fathers. All of a sudden, it was the dreampolitik of Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson."

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"Hamilton spurred a movement— suddenly, every other 14 year old girl was writing alternative universe coffee shop fanfiction about the Founding Fathers. The wig-wearing, never bathing, slave-owning Founding Fathers. All of a sudden, it was the dreampolitik of Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson."

Etymology

Blend of dream + realpolitik.

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