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Sanderista

Sanderista noun: a supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.

Noun

Sanderista (plural Sanderistas)

  1. (US, colloquial) A supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.
    • 7/83 Space Wars; Micronesia vs. nukes; Green Party & Sanderistas; also Spring Books Pt. 21983, WIN: Peace and Freedom Through Non-violent Action, volume 19, Workshop in Nonviolence Institute, page 38
    • A special approach of the Sanderista coalition has been to mobilize this complex of popular groups into an independent political force.1986, Places, volume 3, page 38
    Synonyms:
    Berner, Bernista

Examples of Sanderista in a sentence

  • In other cases, groups fostered the creation of current organizations and movements, for example, PACT (tenants' rights) in Burlington, Vermont, laid the groundwork for the Sanderistas.2012, Joan Roelofs, Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism, page 152:
  • Call it what you will—a Sanderista cult, a brand, a following—Vermonters responded to Sanders.2015, Harry Jaffe, Why Bernie Sanders Matters:
  • During the war that continued for the rest of the 1980s, Burlington's Progressives identified strongly with the FSLN, to the point of earning for themselves the nickname "Sanderistas."2015, Janet Biehl, Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin, page 223:

Synonyms of Sanderista

Forms of Sanderista

pluralSanderistas
alternative formSandernista

Origin of Sanderista

From Sanders + -ista. Blend of Sanders + Sandinista. Coined in reference to the Sandinistas.

Questions about Sanderista

What does Sanderista mean?
Sanderista means a supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.
How do you use Sanderista in a sentence?
In other cases, groups fostered the creation of current organizations and movements, for example, PACT (tenants' rights) in Burlington, Vermont, laid the groundwork for the Sanderistas.
What part of speech is Sanderista?
Sanderista is a noun.
What is the plural of Sanderista?
The plural of Sanderista is Sanderistas.

Words near Sanderista in the dictionary

  1. Sandercocks
  2. sanderdust
  3. Sanderford
  4. Sanderfords
  5. Sanderism
  6. Sanderista
  7. Sanderistas
  8. sanderite
  9. Sanderlin
  10. sanderling
  11. sanderlings

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