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Brexity

Brexity adjective: characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.

Adjective

Brexity (comparative more Brexity, superlative most Brexity)

  1. (UK, informal) Characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.
    • It feels a bit Brexity: a pained cry from the past, “We want our Shakespearean canon back!”2016 October 26, David Greig, “Emma Rice’s exit from Shakespeare’s Globe feels a bit Brexity”, in New Statesman
    • It is a society that has evolved separately from Britain’s mainland and its Anglican beliefs, but it looks like an alternative reality of fiercely insular, irrational England. Is there anything more Brexity than this?2018 June 7, Peter Bradshaw, “The scariest horror films ever – ranked!”, in The Guardian

Forms of Brexity

comparativemore Brexity
superlativemost Brexity

Origin of Brexity

From Brexit + -y.

Questions about Brexity

What does Brexity mean?
Brexity means characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.
What part of speech is Brexity?
Brexity is an adjective.

Words near Brexity in the dictionary

  1. Brexiting
  2. Brexitish
  3. Brexitism
  4. Brexitland
  5. Brexits
  6. Brexity
  7. Brexocalypse
  8. Brexodus
  9. brexpiprazole
  10. Brexshit
  11. brey

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