goldwaterism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A political stance associated with the more extreme right-wing positions of Barry Goldwater.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Yet so many of the neoconservatives who had preached against Goldwaterism when Goldwater was its champion embraced the Goldwaterism of Ronald Reagan."
- "“We must decide how to use these machines most effectively,” a letter sent to residents noted, “Goldwaterism must be defeated” (Independent Citizens, 17 October 1964)."
- "It spoke of the "ill-advised attempts" to substitute Goldwaterism for Republicanism and presented an apocalyptic vision of the senator's positions."