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fauxgressives

fauxgressives is the plural of fauxgressive.

Meaning of fauxgressive

Noun

fauxgressive (plural fauxgressives)

  1. (derogatory) An alleged progressive person, but who actually acts like a conservative.
    • “Bill de Blasio is an elitist, New York City corporate Democrat fauxgressive, masquerading around South Carolina as a progressive,” said John Samuelson, president of Transport Workers Union.2019 March 8, Carl Campanile, quoting John Samuelson, “Transit union blasts de Blasio as ‘fauxgressive’ ahead of primary season”, in New York Post

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Questions about fauxgressives

What is fauxgressives the plural of?
Fauxgressives is the plural of fauxgressive.

Words near fauxgressives in the dictionary

  1. fauxcest
  2. Fauxes
  3. fauxgasm
  4. fauxgasms
  5. fauxgressive
  6. fauxgressives
  7. fauxhawk
  8. fauxhawked
  9. fauxhawks
  10. fauxhemian
  11. fauxhemians

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