presidentialness

Noun

presidentialness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being presidential; suitability for the presidency.
   • For Carter, who during the primaries had emerged from the oblivion of "Jimmy who?", the debates offered a challenge as well as an opportunity — to convince voters that his "presidentialness" was better than the incumbent's.1978, Don F. Faules, Dennis C. Alexander, Communication and Social Behavior: A Symbolic Interaction Perspective, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 138
   • Likewise, Perot continued to work on the miscellaneous goal of proving his own presidentialness via use of statistics and common sense.1994, Dan F. Hahn, edited by Robert V. Friedenberg, Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates, 1960-1992, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, The 1992 Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debates...