单词 | kennedyite |
释义 | Kennedyiten.adj. U.S. Politics. A. n. A supporter of John F. Kennedy; an advocate of the liberal Democratic principles and policies espoused by Kennedy or the Kennedy family. ΚΠ 1961 L. Tanzer Kennedy Circle x. 260 Following the Kennedy victory Day was consulted by R. Sargent Shriver and other top Kennedyites about prospective appointees to high office. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Oct. b1 Past the sign are rooms full of old books and old Kennedyites, all rehashing the weekend that saw the dedication of the JFK Memorial Library on the city's harbor. 1998 M. Poole Romancing Mary Jane viii. 126 Maybe because my father is a highly moral person, a highly placed servant, a real Kennedyite—what can you do for your country? 2001 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 6 June b7 If supporting..various Kennedyites as committee chairmen is consistent with where you're headed as a politician, then the Republican Party is the wrong place for you. B. adj. Of, belonging to, characteristic of, or supporting Kennedy or the Kennedy family. Cf. Kennedyesque adj. ΚΠ 1975 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 21 Jan. 4/8 The Kennedyite lawyers in the Special Prosecutor's Office, prevented it [sc. Watergate] from being swept under the rug. 1984 Third World Q. 6 296 The destabilising attempt of the Carter administration to revive Kennedyite Alliance for Progress policies. 2002 M. Stokes State U.S. Hist. vi. 140 Kennedyite liberalism can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from conservatism. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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