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Rumsfeldian

Rumsfeldian adjective: of or pertaining to Donald Rumsfeld or policies associated with him.

Adjective

Rumsfeldian (comparative more Rumsfeldian, superlative most Rumsfeldian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Donald Rumsfeld or policies associated with him.
    • The Rumsfeldian theory of war relies heavily on technology. Mir Bahmanyar, Shadow Warriors
    • But of course the words have a wider relevance to the Rumsfeldian universe.2006 July 6, Roger Cohen, “Rumsfeld Is Correct - the Truth Will Get Out”, in The New York Times
  2. Of or pertaining to Donald Rumsfeld's speech on known knowns, describing the Johari window.

Forms of Rumsfeldian

comparativemore Rumsfeldian
superlativemost Rumsfeldian

Origin of Rumsfeldian

From Rumsfeld + -ian.

Questions about Rumsfeldian

What does Rumsfeldian mean?
Rumsfeldian means of or pertaining to Donald Rumsfeld or policies associated with him.
What part of speech is Rumsfeldian?
Rumsfeldian is an adjective.

Words near Rumsfeldian in the dictionary

  1. Rumseys
  2. Rumsfeld
  3. Rumsfeld matrices
  4. Rumsfeld matrix
  5. Rumsfeld matrixes
  6. Rumsfeldian
  7. rumshop
  8. rumshops
  9. Rumsien
  10. Rumson
  11. rumspringa

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