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ATARI Democrat

ATARI Democrat is the alternative letter-case form of Atari Democrat.

Noun capitalized: Atari Democrat

Atari Democrat (plural Atari Democrats)

  1. (US, historical, informal) A member of the US Democratic Party who emphasizes the role of high tech, in particular information technology, for economic growth.
    • [Paul] Tsongas was, perhaps, the original neoliberal and Atari Democrat. In 1980, he had shocked the audience at an Americans for Democratic Action gathering by urging them to focus on economic growth rather than the redistribution of wealth and by advocating the deregulation of natural gas prices.2004, John B. Judis, Ruy Teixeira, The Emerging Democratic Majority, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 132
    • When Walter Mondale, a traditional New Deal liberal […] lost by a wide margin to Reagan in the presidential election of 1984, the Atari Democrats joined a larger group of frustrated Democratic officials to found the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 4, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020

Forms of ATARI Democrat

pluralATARI Democrats
pluralAtari Democrats
alternative formATARI Democrat

Origin of ATARI Democrat

From Atari, a prominent video game system in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Questions about ATARI Democrat

What does ATARI Democrat mean?
ATARI Democrat means a member of the US Democratic Party who emphasizes the role of high tech, in particular information technology, for economic growth.
What is ATARI Democrat the alternative letter-case form of?
ATARI Democrat is the alternative letter-case form of Atari Democrat.
What part of speech is ATARI Democrat?
ATARI Democrat is a noun.
What is the plural of ATARI Democrat?
The plural of ATARI Democrat is ATARI Democrats.

Words near ATARI Democrat in the dictionary

  1. ataraxics
  2. ataraxies
  3. ataraxis
  4. ataraxy
  5. atari
  6. ATARI Democrat
  7. ATARI Democrats
  8. Atarian
  9. Atarians
  10. ataries
  11. Atariesque

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