Clintonist
Clintonist noun: a supporter of Bill Clinton.
Noun
Clintonist (plural Clintonists)
- A supporter of Bill Clinton.
- A word of caution however is needed in Clinton's relationship with Indochina, bearing in mind that his foreign policy is being determined by Carterites, Reagan Democrats and Clintonists.1992, Daily Report: East Asia, page 53
- This MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) professor, however, is neither a Seguinist nor a Chevenementist but... a Clintonist.1993, Daily Report: West Europe, page 33
- A supporter of Hillary Clinton.
- Many Clintonists invested their campaign with a self-mythologizing notion that theirs was a historic quest—to achieve, at long last, the greatest of all gender breakthroughs in the history of the nation, or even the world.2015, Alan H. Levy, The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976–1998: Electoral Failures and the Vagaries of Identity Politics, →ISBN, page 336
- “We find that individuals with only a few followers and individuals with hundreds of followers make up a larger share in the Trump camp than in the Clinton camp, while by contrast individuals with a few dozen to 200 followers have a larger presence among the Clintonists,” say Wu and co.2016 March 18, “Twitter Facial Analysis Reveals Demographics of Presidential Campaign Followers”, in MIT Technology Review
Adjective
Clintonist (comparative more Clintonist, superlative most Clintonist)
- Pertaining to the politics of Bill Clinton or his supporters.
- In the 1990s, setting his jaw against Clintonist internationalism, he moved into the public eye once more with his predictions of an impending "clash of civilizations," which made him a cause célèbre, especially among those who hoped that the end of the cold war would not mean the end of cold-war...2005, Catherine Lowe Besteman, Hugh Gusterson, “Introduction”, in Catherine Lowe Besteman, Hugh Gusterson, editors, Why America's Top Pundits are Wrong: Anthropologists Talk Back, →ISBN, page 11
- Pertaining to the politics of Hillary Clinton or her supporters.
- In a recent edition, Chapo co-host Will Menaker accused – and not for the first time – Clintonist liberalism of being the architect of its own defeats.2017 July 23, Edward Helmore, "‘Dirtbag left’ takes aim at Clinton supporters", The Observer (UK, Sunday sister paper of The Guardian).
Forms of Clintonist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Clintonists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Clintonist |
| superlative | most Clintonist |
Origin of Clintonist
From Clinton + -ist. Piecewise doublet of Clintonista.
Questions about Clintonist
- What does Clintonist mean?
- Clintonist means a supporter of Bill Clinton.
- What part of speech is Clintonist?
- Clintonist can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Clintonist?
- The plural of Clintonist is Clintonists.
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