Wallaceiten.adj.
/ˈwɒləsʌɪt/ 1. U.S. (now Historical). A follower or supporter of Henry Agard Wallace (1888–1965), Vice-President of the U.S. (1941–4), agriculturist and statesman, or his policies, esp. during his ‘Progressive’ campaign for the presidency in 1948. Also attributive or as adj.
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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
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-
1948 New Republic 19 Apr. 10/1 Ten million votes seem so clearly in view to the Wallaceites that they have decided to try for 20 million.
1974 A. Yarnell Democrats & Progressives vii. 113 What can be said of the Democrats and their response to the Wallaceites?
1984 National Rev. (U.S.) 20 Apr. 17/1 The Wallaceite accommodationist Left was forced to the margins of the party.
2. A follower or supporter of George Corley Wallace (1919–98), U.S. politician and former Democratic governor of Alabama, or his policies, spec. of his segregationist stance. Also attributive or as adj. Chiefly U.S.
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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
1968 Economist 17 Aug. 26/1 This was the state convention of the Loyal Democratic party of Mississippi, purporting to replace the convention held in July by the regular Democratic party led by its Wallaceite Governor, Mr John Bell Williams.
1968 Guardian 3 Oct. 9/4 150 determined Wallaceites were able to block a Humphrey endorsement.
1972 N.Y. Times 22 Sept. 43 In the 1970's, mature President Nixon is imitating George C. Wallace and playing for the Wallaceite vote.
1978 Washington Post 24 Feb. a14/5 If you had told me two years ago I would one day sit down in a room full of rednecks and listen to a Wallaceite and agree to support him, I would have said you were crazy.
1989 New Republic 13 Nov. 4/1 A good, mean, Wallaceite cab driver... Some guy to sit there and say, ‘Awright, mac, what about these niggers?’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.adj.1948