Jacksoniann.adj.1
/dʒakˈsəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌdʒækˈsoʊniən/ U.S. Politics (now historical).
A. n.
An adherent or supporter of Andrew Jackson, or of his political principles and policies. Cf. Jacksonite n.When in office Jackson was a strong promoter of democratic values and sought to advance the rights of ordinary citizens.For information on Jackson's founding of the modern Democratic Party, see note at Democratic Party n. at democratic adj. and n. Compounds.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > of specific politician or support for > adherent or supporter of
Washingtonian1789
Clintonian1792
Jeffersonian1799
Jacksonite1819
Jacksonian1824
Williamsite1833
Crokerist1901
Monroeist1901
Wilsonian1921
Wallaceite1948
Nixonite1950
McCarthyite1952
Nixonian1960
Goldwaterite1963
Reaganite1965
Wallaceite1968
McGovernite1972
Reaganaut1980
Clintonite1992
1824 Amer. Sentinel (Georgetown, Kentucky) 18 Oct. 3/1 At Mount-sterling..they collected together six Jacksonians.
1831 in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. 625 The anti-Kemble Jacksonians of the Fourth Ward.
1906 W. Churchill Coniston v. 57 The conscientious Jacksonians who were misguided enough to believe in such a ticket.
1929 Encycl. Brit. I. 156/2 Up to this point Adams's career had been almost uniformly successful, but his presidency..was in most respects a failure, owing to the virulent opposition of the Jacksonians.
2012 J. Wallenfeldt From Democracy's Roots to Country Divided v. 42/1 In New York, Mississippi, and other states some of the reforms were accomplished over the objections of the Jacksonians.
B. adj.1
Of, relating to, characteristic of, or supportive of Andrew Jackson, or his political principles and policies. Cf. Jacksonian democracy n. at Compounds.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific politician
Madisonian1794
Jeffersonian1800
Washingtonian1812
Franklinian1814
Jacksonian1824
Rooseveltian1889
Wilsonian1921
Rooseveltian1932
McCarthyist1952
Nixonian1952
Nixonite1957
Reaganesque1969
Reaganite1969
Trumanesque1974
Wallaceite1984
Clintonite1992
Franklinized-
1824 Commentator (Frankfort, Kentucky) 23 Oct. 3/2 The old Jacksonian aristocratic leaven of the Adams faction.
1883 A. W. Tourgée Hot Plowshares x. 121 The great crash of the Jacksonian era.
1965 W. H. Auden About House (1966) 16 A Proustian snob or a sound Jacksonian Democrat.
1989 L. F. Kohl Politics of Individualism (1991) i. 60 It is ironic that these very Jacksonian policies, designed to slow change, ultimately accelerated the change of both men and institutions to modern forms.
2017 J. Postell Bureaucracy in Amer. ii. 89 These dissenters would grow in number and influence after the inauguration of Andrew Jackson, and a major debate over the removal power would erupt during the Jacksonian administration.
Compounds
Jacksonian democracy n. (a) the democratic ideals reflected in the political principles and policies of Andrew Jackson (see note at sense A.); (b) the political administration of Andrew Jackson; (with the and plural agreement) Jackson's supporters considered collectively.
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1830 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 25 Aug. The state of things in Kentucky..is quite as favorable to the cause of Jacksonian democracy as it was made to appear in our last.
1855 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 13 Oct. He became a ‘man of mark’ by the intrepidity with which he assailed the Jacksonian Democracy, then everywhere dominant.
1879 N.Y. Herald 9 Jan. 4/4 The Jacksonian democracy were the determined foes of monopoly.
1906 W. Churchill Coniston v. 51 He..preached the word of Jacksonian Democracy in all the farmhouses round about.
1991 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Late ed.) i. 61/1 A strong supporter of Jacksonian democracy, Van Buren's term was clouded by the Panic of 1837.
2006 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 21 Apr. 15 a This theme was repeated in the American Whig Party that emerged in the 1830s with the collapse of Jeffersonian Republicans and the rise of the Jacksonian democracy.
Derivatives
Jackˈsonianism n. the political principles and policies of Andrew Jackson and his supporters; cf. Jacksonism n.
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1826 New-Hampsh. Statesman & Concord Reg. 16 Dec. (headline) Political zeal, or Jacksonianism!
1929 Encycl. Brit. IV. 585/1 Calhoun,..during the remainder of the Jackson regime, was a severe critic of Jacksonianism.
1973 New Yorker 28 Apr. 146/2 Douglas's creed was Jacksonianism, which to him meant a United States expanding over the whole continent and demonstrating that a democracy could not only survive but prosper.
2005 New Yorker 24 Oct. 82/3 With the election of..Andrew Jackson, in 1828, Jeffersonianism gave way to Jacksonianism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Jacksonianadj.2
/dʒakˈsəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌdʒækˈsoʊniən/ Medicine.
Designating a type of epilepsy and its characteristic seizures, which originate in the motor cortex and typically affect the muscles of one part of the body, sometimes spreading to adjacent areas on the same side.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > fit or stroke > epilepsy > types of
Jacksonian1877
procursive1888
pyknoleptic1924
musicogenic1937
audiogenic1941
photogenic1954
pressure spot1979
1877 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 59 51 The epithet ‘Jacksonian’ is even being introduced in France by Charcot to be applied to epilepsy or convulsions of a localised and partial character.
1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 199/2 Jacksonian Epilepsy. Convulsive seizures, in the beginning limited to a part of the body, most frequently the fingers of one hand, sometimes one side of the face, or one foot.
1906 Practitioner Nov. 689 The ‘attacks’ might be compared to Jacksonian epilepsy.
1933 W. R. Brain Dis. Nerv. Syst. iii. 224 Jacksonian attacks may occur at long intervals, or with great frequency, even up to several hundreds a day—serial Jacksonian epilepsy.
1969 H. H. Jasper et al. Basic Mechanisms Epilepsies xix. 517/1 Particular interest was centered in Jacksonian seizures.
2010 Columbus (Nebraska) Telegram (Nexis) 21 Mar. Macken..suffered from the less dramatic Jacksonian seizures from age 4 until a successful surgery cured his epilepsy at age 23.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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