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sloganeering

sloganeering is the present participle and gerund of sloganeer.

Meaning of sloganeer

Verb

sloganeer (third-person singular simple present sloganeers, present participle sloganeering, simple past and past participle sloganeered)

  1. To make and disseminate slogans; often contrasted with substantive debate.
    • At such times, the nuanced and expert advice of what they call the rational center — career professionals, scholars, analysts and others working in government and at universities and think tanks — is sidelined or ignored, while emotional sloganeering is amplified by 24/7 cable news and Internet...2007 February 20, Michiko Kakutani, “The Silence of the Rational Center”, in New York Times

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Noun

sloganeering (plural sloganeerings)

  1. The act of one who sloganeers.
    • James Clyburn, the House majority whip and Democratic “kingmaker” who played an outsized role in Joe Biden’s successful presidential run, has said the “sloganeering” of the Black Lives Matter protests and other social justice efforts this summer might have hampered them at the polls.2020 November 8, Richard Luscombe, “James Clyburn: ‘defund the police’ slogan may have hurt Democrats at polls”, in the Guardian, retrieved 11 Nov 2020

Forms of sloganeering

pluralsloganeerings

Questions about sloganeering

What does sloganeering mean?
Sloganeering means the act of one who sloganeers.
What is sloganeering the present participle and gerund of?
Sloganeering is the present participle and gerund of sloganeer.
What part of speech is sloganeering?
Sloganeering is a noun.
What is the plural of sloganeering?
The plural of sloganeering is sloganeerings.

Words near sloganeering in the dictionary

  1. slog-sweeps
  2. slogan
  3. sloganed
  4. sloganeer
  5. sloganeered
  6. sloganeering
  7. sloganeerings
  8. sloganeers
  9. sloganise
  10. sloganised
  11. sloganises

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