carterization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or state of becoming like the presidency of Jimmy Carter, especially in relation to perceived ineffectiveness or unreliability.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "They set a prolongation of what is happening on the economic scene as the key to restoration from their fall from political grace that resulted during the four-year Carterization of American economic stability."
- "This, however, could lead to an even greater loss of prestige——to "Carterization," to use the now fashionable definition of an indecisive president with an unreliable policy."
- "In late December 1976 Reston observed that while all new administrations proclaim great changes and then disappoint, "as the Carterization of Washington proceeds, the idea is getting around that it may really be a New Year after all.""
- "His Carterization began when he let Newt Gingrich, the second-ranking House Republican, roll him on the budget."
- "From the viewpoint of the free world the development in international relations has not been favorable; it reached its nadir at the time of the Carterization of American politics , and only recently has the tide begun to turn."
- "George Bush's unexpected troubles represented what some began to see as a "Jimmy Carterization" of the Bush presidency, taking place in a period that eerily recalled Carter's own travail during a time of "national malaise.""
Etymology
From Carter + -ization.