English Explanatory Dictionary

Goldwater Republican

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Republican Party whose policies resemble those of Barry Goldwater, including support for the smallest government possible at the federal level, free enterprise, fiscal conservatism, an internationalist, Atlanticist, and anti-communist foreign policy, and social libertarianism.

Word forms

Goldwater Republican Goldwater Republicans

Etymology

Dating from 1964 in the United States, the year Barry Goldwater tried unsuccessfully for the office of president.

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