| 释义 |
Nixonian, a.|nɪkˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. the name of Richard M. Nixon (b. 1913), Vice-President of the United States 1953–61 and President 1969–74 + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling Richard M. Nixon.
1959Listener 10 Sept. 376/1 Thomas Edmund Dewey was a Nixonian sort of man. 1970Harper's Mag. July 30/3 It was not, after all, critics of the Administration who defined Nixonian language for us—Don't watch what we say, watch what we do—it was the Administration spokesmen themselves. 1971Between Lines (Newtown, Pa.) 1 Nov. 1/1 Voluntarism, the theme of the new Nixonian-economics, puts capitalism to its most severe test. 1972N.Y. Times Book Rev. 29 Oct. 46/3 Herblock analyzes Nixonian techniques such as the Happening or Non-Event in which the Vice President is photographed standing at a podium addressing the President and full Cabinet and telling them what a great job they are doing. 1973Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1445/1 Change indeed in nixonian Washington!
Hence Nixonite |ˈnɪksənaɪt|, a supporter of Nixon or his policies; Nixonization |ˌnɪksənaɪˈzeɪʃən|, development of a Nixonian character; subjection to the influence of or domination by supporters of Nixon; Nixonomics |nɪksəˈnɒmɪks| n. pl. [f. econ)omics (economic n. 2 c)], the economic policies of Nixon.
1958Time 17 Nov. 22 A staunch Nixonite. 1960Guardian 10 Nov. 10/7 There were some Nixonites present. 1969Demo Memo (Washington, D.C.) 29 Oct. 1 Walter Heller..challenges the soundness of ‘Nixonomics’. 1971New Statesman 16 Apr. 516/3 Alternatives to the Hobson's choice of possibly counterproductive street protest or mute acquiescence in the Nixonisation of the war. 1971N.Y. Times 19 Sept. 2E/2 The President dredged up a term he had always treated with derision as a symbol of economic blundering by his Democratic predecessors and converted it to the dynamics of the new Nixonomics. 1972Newsweek 16 Oct 89/1 Phase two of the new Nixonomics has changed nearly all the rules—and as one result, quite a few companies these days..are going out of their way..to cut profits down. 1973Black World Mar. 68 There is certain to be greater Nixonization of government at every level. 1975Maclean's Mag. Jan. 6/1 Richard Nixon was able to take dramatic economic action over a single weekend in August, 1971 (remember the new Nixonomics?) without a word of sass or backtalk from Congress. |