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Buckleyesque

Buckleyesque adjective: in the manner of conservative American intellectual William F. Buckley.

Adjective

Buckleyesque (comparative more Buckleyesque, superlative most Buckleyesque)

  1. In the manner of conservative American intellectual William F. Buckley.
    • Kilpatrick expresses some alarm at the fact that the Buckleyesque vocabulary shows signs of being contagious, citing the "celebrification" of the Columbia Journalism Review, and, worse yet, a piece on Patty Hearst composed by George Will (a columnist and conservative in his own right) to the effect...1978, Mario Pei, Weasel words: the art of saying what you don't mean, page 95
    • In deliciously Buckleyesque prose, former National Review (now known as NR) board member Neal B. Freeman reports in a memorable article, "NR Goes to War," published in the June 2006 issue of the American Spectator, his astonishment at his NR colleagues' abdication of independent judgment as they...2007, Juliana Geran Pilon, Why America is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice, →ISBN, page 81

Examples of Buckleyesque in a sentence

  • In deliciously Buckleyesque prose, former National Review (now known as NR) board member Neal B.2007, Juliana Geran Pilon, Why America is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice, →ISBN, page 81:
  • They spoke in “Buckleyesque syllogisms,” misused big words, and highlighted their points with “a Buckleyesque protrusion of the tongue.”2014, Grace Elizabeth Hale, A Nation of Outsiders: How the White Middle Class Fell in Love with Rebellion in Postwar America, →ISBN, page...

Forms of Buckleyesque

comparativemore Buckleyesque
superlativemost Buckleyesque

Origin of Buckleyesque

From William F. Buckley + -esque.

Questions about Buckleyesque

What does Buckleyesque mean?
Buckleyesque means in the manner of conservative American intellectual William F. Buckley.
How do you use Buckleyesque in a sentence?
In deliciously Buckleyesque prose, former National Review (now known as NR) board member Neal B.
What part of speech is Buckleyesque?
Buckleyesque is an adjective.

Words near Buckleyesque in the dictionary

  1. Buckley's and Nunn
  2. Buckley's chance
  3. Buckley's hope
  4. Buckley's rule
  5. Buckleyan
  6. Buckleyesque
  7. Buckleys
  8. Bucklin
  9. buckling
  10. buckling down
  11. buckling in

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