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spindoctor

spindoctor is the alternative form of spin doctor.

Meaning of spin doctor

Noun

spin doctor (plural spin doctors)

  1. A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results; a lobbyist; a PR person.
    • Many believed that the reduction in public spending was a disaster but the spin doctors presented it as a triumph for lower taxation.

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Forms of spindoctor

pluralspindoctors

Questions about spindoctor

What is spindoctor the alternative form of?
Spindoctor is the alternative form of spin doctor.

Words near spindoctor in the dictionary

  1. spindliest
  2. spindliness
  3. spindling
  4. spindlings
  5. spindly
  6. spindoctor
  7. spindoctors
  8. spindom
  9. spindown
  10. spindowns
  11. spindrift

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spindoctor (page history and authors); spin doctor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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