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Kennedyesque

Kennedyesque adjective: reminiscent of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), former president of the United States.

Adjective

Kennedyesque (comparative more Kennedyesque, superlative most Kennedyesque)

  1. Reminiscent of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), former president of the United States.
    • With little subtlety, candidates aped selected Kennedyesque features. Johnson hobnobbed with intellectuals; Nixon walked by the water; Carter rolled up his shirt-sleeves; Hart jabbed his index finger into the air; and Clinton played touch football.1995, Paul R. Henggeler, The Kennedy persuasion: the politics of style since JFK
    • The chatbot quickly spat out paragraphs of Kennedyesque text, including phrases like “my fellow Americans.”2025 June 2, Larry Cuban, “School Reform and Classroom Practice”, in Wordpress

Forms of Kennedyesque

comparativemore Kennedyesque
superlativemost Kennedyesque

Origin of Kennedyesque

From Kennedy + -esque.

Questions about Kennedyesque

What does Kennedyesque mean?
Kennedyesque means reminiscent of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), former president of the United States.
What part of speech is Kennedyesque?
Kennedyesque is an adjective.

Words near Kennedyesque in the dictionary

  1. Kennedy plea
  2. Kennedy pleas
  3. Kennedy syndrome
  4. Kennedy Town
  5. Kennedy's disease
  6. Kennedyesque
  7. Kennedyism
  8. Kennedyite
  9. Kennedyites
  10. Kennedynomics
  11. Kennedys

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