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Obama-esque

Obama-esque adjective: resembling or characteristic of Barack Obama (born 1961), American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

Adjective

Obama-esque (comparative more Obama-esque, superlative most Obama-esque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Barack Obama (born 1961), American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
    • ‘24’ presidential story line has Obama-esque feel / A youngish, African-American politician becomes president. He’s relatively untested and rode to the highest office in the land on a wave of goodwill — but is he ready for the job? Does it sound like the hypothetical presidency of Sen. Barack...2007 January 21, Chicago Tribune, 160th year, number 21, section 7, page 16
    • John McCain’s Obama-esque remarks about our “wasted” resources in Iraq weren’t the only comments that landed him in hot water after a recent appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman.”2007 March 7, radaronline.com, quotee, “E-Opinion: The best of the political blogs”, in Daily News, page 27

Examples of Obama-esque in a sentence

  • ‘24’ presidential story line has Obama-esque feel / A youngish, African-American politician becomes president.2007 January 21, Chicago Tribune, 160th year, number 21, section 7, page 16:
  • After beginning with some more high-minded, even Obama-esque comments about what our country is, [Joe] Biden turned to the coronavirus.2020 August 22, Aaron Blake, “Democrats’ four big takeaways”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXIX, number 140, page A5:

Forms of Obama-esque

comparativemore Obama-esque
superlativemost Obama-esque
alternative formObamaesque

Origin of Obama-esque

From Obama + -esque.

Questions about Obama-esque

What does Obama-esque mean?
Obama-esque means resembling or characteristic of Barack Obama (born 1961), American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
How do you use Obama-esque in a sentence?
‘24’ presidential story line has Obama-esque feel / A youngish, African-American politician becomes president.
What part of speech is Obama-esque?
Obama-esque is an adjective.

Words near Obama-esque in the dictionary

  1. Obama-can
  2. Obama-cans
  3. Obama-care
  4. Obama-con
  5. Obama-cons
  6. Obama-esque
  7. Obama-mania
  8. Obama-rama
  9. Obamabot
  10. Obamabots
  11. Obamacan

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