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Townsendian

Townsendian adjective: of or relating to the Townsend Plan of 1933, proposing an old-age pension in response to the Great Depression, and leading to a social and political movement.

Adjective

Townsendian (comparative more Townsendian, superlative most Townsendian)

  1. (US, historical) Of or relating to the Townsend Plan of 1933, proposing an old-age pension in response to the Great Depression, and leading to a social and political movement.

Forms of Townsendian

comparativemore Townsendian
superlativemost Townsendian

Origin of Townsendian

Townsend + -ian; the plan was devised by Francis Everett Townsend.

Questions about Townsendian

What does Townsendian mean?
Townsendian means of or relating to the Townsend Plan of 1933, proposing an old-age pension in response to the Great Depression, and leading to a social and political movement.
What part of speech is Townsendian?
Townsendian is an adjective.

Words near Townsendian in the dictionary

  1. Townsend discharge
  2. Townsend discharges
  3. Townsend Harbor
  4. Townsend's solitaire
  5. Townsend's storm petrel
  6. Townsendian
  7. Townsendite
  8. Townsendites
  9. Townsends
  10. townsfellow
  11. townsfellows

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