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big tentism

big tentism noun: the act of appealing to as many different groups, philosophies, and ideologies as possible.

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

Forms of big tentism

alternative formbig-tentism

Origin of big tentism

From big tent + -ism.

Questions about big tentism

What does big tentism mean?
Big tentism means the act of appealing to as many different groups, philosophies, and ideologies as possible.
What part of speech is big tentism?
Big tentism is a noun.

Words near big tentism in the dictionary

  1. big talk
  2. big tamale
  3. big tamales
  4. big tech
  5. big tent
  6. big tentism
  7. big tents
  8. Big Thicket
  9. big things come in small packages
  10. big things sometimes come in small packages
  11. big three

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