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Trumpism

noun

  1. right-wing populist political movement in the United States
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌmpɪzəm/

name

Etymology: From Trump + -ism.

  1. The philosophy and politics espoused by Donald Trump.

    “What is Trumpism? Or, to put it more tartly, is there a coherent political philosophy underlying his candidacy?...There can be Reaganism without Reagan. There can be no Trumpism without Trump...Trumpism is not so much a theory of government as a celebration of one individual's claimed capacity to govern.”

    “Given Latin America's right-wing turn’s affinities with Trumpism, it is tempting to see it as part of the global wave of right-wing populism making its way through the United States and Western Europe.”

noun

Etymology: From Trump + -ism.

  1. A characteristic phrase or statement made by Donald Trump.

    “"That was just painful," said one Republican official who […] added that the reality is McConnell—and Ryan and every Republican in a leadership position or facing an election challenge—"will be stuck dealing with the latest Trumpism every interview of every day, of every month until November."”

    “[…] the term Trumpisms entered our vocabulary—complete with a dedicated website categorizing quotations in groups with dropdown menus for easier access: Trumpisms by Region, Trumpisms on Facebook, Trumpisms on Twitter.”