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Peronist

Peronist noun: a supporter of Juan Perón and/or Eva Perón and/or their regime.

Noun

Peronist (plural Peronists)

  1. A supporter of Juan Perón and/or Eva Perón and/or their regime.
  2. An adherent of modern-day Peronism, including any of the political parties that identify themselves as such.

Adjective

Peronist (comparative more Peronist, superlative most Peronist)

  1. Of or pertaining to Juan Perón or his regime.
    • In a last frantic move, the Peronist government again turned to a stringent stabilization plan (i.e. another 100 per cent peso devaluation, 90 per cent increases in publicly-controlled prices, coupled with a meagre 20 per cent increase in nominal wages). [...] Some idea of this incredibly rapid...1985, William C. Smith, “Reflections on the Political Economy of Authoritarian Rule and Capitalist Reorganization in Contemporary Argentina”, in Philip O’Brien, Paul Cammack, editors, Generals in...
  2. Adhering to or describing modern-day Peronism, including any of the political parties that self-identify as such.
    • In suburban Buenos Aires, Milei’s Peronist rival, the finance minister, Sergio Massa, asked factory workers for support despite the slump his government has overseen, with 40% of Argentina’s 47 million citizens living in poverty amid triple-digit inflation.2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms of Peronist

  • Peronista

Forms of Peronist

Noun
pluralPeronists
Adjective
comparativemore Peronist
superlativemost Peronist

Origin of Peronist

From Peron (“Juan Perón”) + -ist.

Questions about Peronist

What does Peronist mean?
Peronist means a supporter of Juan Perón and/or Eva Perón and/or their regime.
What part of speech is Peronist?
Peronist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Peronist?
The plural of Peronist is Peronists.

Words near Peronist in the dictionary

  1. peroneus
  2. peroneus brevis
  3. peroneus longus
  4. peroneus tertius
  5. Peronism
  6. Peronist
  7. Peronists
  8. Peronne
  9. peronosporaceous
  10. peronosporale
  11. peronosporalean

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