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big-tentism

big-tentism is the alternative spelling of big tentism.

Meaning of big tentism

Noun

big tentism (uncountable)

  1. The act of appealing to as many different groups, philosophies, and ideologies as possible.
    • “I am concerned about what I would regard as big tentism – this attempt to get everybody into the same fold. I think it is an attempt to create – in the nicest possible way – a one-party state.”2007 September 25, Stephen Tall, “Vince hits out at Gordon’s ‘Big Tentism’”, in Liberal Democrat Voice

Origin of big-tentism

From big-tent + -ism.

Questions about big-tentism

What is big-tentism the alternative spelling of?
Big-tentism is the alternative spelling of big tentism.

Words near big-tentism in the dictionary

  1. big-shouldered
  2. big-sisterly
  3. big-sized
  4. big-sky thinking
  5. big-tent
  6. big-tentism
  7. big-ticket
  8. big-ticket item
  9. big-ticket items
  10. big-time
  11. big-timed

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