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Kirchnerism

Kirchnerism noun: the political philosophy of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president from 2007 to 2015.

Noun

Kirchnerism (uncountable)

  1. (Argentine politics) The political philosophy of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president from 2007 to 2015.
    • While Mauricio Macri of the Cambiemos (Let’s Change) party won Argentina’s recent presidential election, ending 12 years of “Kirchnerism”, the country’s population remains deeply divided on Macri’s centre-right ideology.2015 December 10, Tom Stevens, “'I'm hoping for better things to come': readers' views on Argentina's future”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin of Kirchnerism

Borrowed from Spanish kirchnerismo. By surface analysis, Kirchner + -ism.

Questions about Kirchnerism

What does Kirchnerism mean?
Kirchnerism means the political philosophy of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president from 2007 to 2015.
What part of speech is Kirchnerism?
Kirchnerism is a noun.

Words near Kirchnerism in the dictionary

  1. Kirchhoff's voltage law
  2. Kirchhoffer
  3. Kirchhoffers
  4. Kirchhoffs
  5. Kirchner
  6. Kirchnerism
  7. Kirchnerist
  8. Kirchnerists
  9. Kirchners
  10. Kirchoff
  11. Kirchoff's circuit laws

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