Clintonizev.
/ˈklɪntənʌɪz/ U.S. Politics colloquial.
transitive (and intransitive for reflexive). To modify in accordance with or as a result of the policies of President Clinton.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [verb (intransitive)] > modify in accordance with Clinton's policies
Clintonize1992
society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [verb (transitive)] > modify in accordance with Clinton's policies
Clintonize1992
1992 Chicago Tribune 31 June 23/4 (heading) Brace yourselves: Our culture is about to be clintonized.
1992 U.S. News & World Rep. 2 Nov. 92/1 That's why investors really don't need to ‘Clintonize’ their portfolios.
1993 Times 12 Jan. 21/4 The government should study US experience... It could Clintonise: recovery now, financed by bigger defence cuts, and deficit reduction later.
Derivatives
Clintoniˈzation n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > of specific politician or support for > modification in accordance with
Clintonization1992
1992 Chicago Tribune 31 June 23/4 The Candidate's press secretary..was quoted in The New York Times—that sure guide to clintonization—as saying that The Candidate makes it a point to re-read the meditations of Marcus Aurelius every couple of years.
ˈClintonized adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific politician > modified in accordance with
Clintonized1992
1992 Chicago Tribune 31 June 23/4 The clintonized style will not be limited to the campaign and its hangers-on.
1993 Observer 24 Jan. 19/8 A Clintonised wing of the Labour Party wants to import his language of political renewal on the cheap.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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