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tentism

tentism noun: the act of appealing to a specified group of voters.

Noun

tentism (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) The act of appealing to a specified group of voters.
    • “I am concerned about what I would regard as big tentism – this attempt to get everybody into the same fold. I think it is an attempt to create – in the nicest possible way – a one-party state.”2007 September 25, Stephen Tall, “Vince hits out at Gordon’s ‘Big Tentism’”, in Liberal Democrat Voice
    • Trump campaigning could sometimes be more effective on big tentism, note his shifts on abortion rhetoric and rhetorical moves away from Paul Ryan language on cutting the social safety net. […] Because the genuine risk of catastrophe from the MAGA side means that the other two aspects, especially...2025 September 9, Greg Sanders, Substack

Origin of tentism

From tent + -ism.

Words formed from tentism

Questions about tentism

What does tentism mean?
Tentism means the act of appealing to a specified group of voters.
What part of speech is tentism?
Tentism is a noun.

Words near tentism in the dictionary

  1. tentilla
  2. tentillar
  3. tentillum
  4. tenting
  5. tentings
  6. tentism
  7. tentively
  8. tentless
  9. tentlet
  10. tentlets
  11. tentlike

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