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dog whistle politics

dog whistle politics is the alternative form of dog-whistle politics.

Meaning of dog-whistle politics

Noun

dog-whistle politics (uncountable)

  1. The communication, of often contentious political ideas in coded language, such that only a small group of voters understands them as they are meant to be understood.

Questions about dog whistle politics

What is dog whistle politics the alternative form of?
Dog whistle politics is the alternative form of dog-whistle politics.

Words near dog whistle politics in the dictionary

  1. dog wheel
  2. dog wheels
  3. dog whelk
  4. dog whelks
  5. dog whistle
  6. dog whistle politics
  7. dog whistles
  8. dog who caught the tire
  9. dog year
  10. dog years
  11. dog's

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