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Birchite

Birchite adjective: of or associated with the John Birch Society, its beliefs, or its practices.

Adjective

Birchite (not comparable)

  1. (US) Of or associated with the John Birch Society, its beliefs, or its practices.
    • From the Birchite Right's standpoint, the George Wallace campaign had gone incredibly well. He had appeared at 1970 and 1971 functions of the Birch Society, the (White) Citizens Councils and Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade.1972, American Institute for Democracy, Homefront, volume 6, page 46
    • Walker, Pentagon investigators discovered, was a member of the John Birch Society and had distributed Birchite material to his troops.1995, Randall Bennett Wood, Fulbright: A Biography, page 288

Noun

Birchite (plural Birchites)

  1. (US) A supporter of the John Birch Society.
    • Across the political spectrum, meanwhile, Americans heaped ridicule upon the Birchites’ accusation of “subversion” in sex education.2009, Jonathan Zimmerman, Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools, page 196
    • At National Review, he [William Buckley] got rid of the Birchites—a conspirational fringe claiming Eisenhower for a communist—tamed the libertarians, dropped (eventually) the magazine's white racism and sidelined its antisemites.2025 June 14, Edmund Fawcett, “Writing the right”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8

Synonyms of Birchite

Forms of Birchite

pluralBirchites

Origin of Birchite

From Birch + -ite.

Questions about Birchite

What does Birchite mean?
Birchite means of or associated with the John Birch Society, its beliefs, or its practices.
What part of speech is Birchite?
Birchite can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Birchite in the dictionary

  1. birchirs
  2. Birchism
  3. Birchisms
  4. Birchist
  5. Birchists
  6. Birchite
  7. Birchites
  8. Birchiș
  9. Birchler
  10. Birchlers
  11. Birchley

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