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Trumpness

Trumpness noun: the property of being like Donald Trump.

Noun

Trumpness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being like Donald Trump.
    • [Ira] Bachrach adds: “The more you dilute the name, the more apparent it is to people that it is just a rubber stamp being used indiscriminately, and the less it is perceived to have a unique attribute of Trumpness.”1989 February 19, Donald Woutat, “Don Trump: The art of the name”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Calif., page D6, column 1
    • (Clue to today’s quiz: In her introduction to the Esquire profiles, to whom is Nora Ephron referring when she writes: “Look how happy he is in his Trumphood; look how merrily he floats in his Trumpdom; look how brightly he wallows in his Trumpness”?)1989 June 2, Bob Sipchen, “Covering an Identity Crisis”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., page 11, columns 2–3

Origin of Trumpness

From Trump + -ness.

Questions about Trumpness

What does Trumpness mean?
Trumpness means the property of being like Donald Trump.
What part of speech is Trumpness?
Trumpness is a noun.

Words near Trumpness in the dictionary

  1. Trumplicans
  2. Trumplike
  3. Trumpmania
  4. Trumpmentum
  5. Trumpmerica
  6. Trumpness
  7. Trumpocalypse
  8. Trumpocrat
  9. Trumpocrats
  10. Trumpoid
  11. Trumpoids

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