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Guardianesque

Guardianesque adjective: reminiscent of The Guardian, a left-wing British daily national newspaper.

Adjective

Guardianesque (comparative more Guardianesque, superlative most Guardianesque)

  1. Reminiscent of The Guardian, a left-wing British daily national newspaper.
    • A right-wing factionalist in the 1980s, he had become unpopular with the Guardianesque social workers and doctors by siding with the parents in the Cleveland child abuse scandal.2007, Robert Waller, Byron Criddle, The Almanac of British Politics, page 666
    • Against such 'Guardianesque' idealism and misguided liberalism, Thatcher depicted herself as a supreme realist in international relations.2016, Andrew S. Crines, Timothy Heppell, Peter Dorey, The Political Rhetoric and Oratory of Margaret Thatcher, page 85

Forms of Guardianesque

comparativemore Guardianesque
superlativemost Guardianesque

Origin of Guardianesque

From guardian + -esque.

Questions about Guardianesque

What does Guardianesque mean?
Guardianesque means reminiscent of The Guardian, a left-wing British daily national newspaper.
What part of speech is Guardianesque?
Guardianesque is an adjective.

Words near Guardianesque in the dictionary

  1. guardian of the peace
  2. guardianage
  3. guardiance
  4. guardiancies
  5. guardiancy
  6. Guardianesque
  7. guardianess
  8. guardianesses
  9. Guardianista
  10. Guardianistas
  11. guardianless

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