English Explanatory Dictionary

Mayberry Machiavelli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who furthers a cause by "reducing every issue to its simplest, black-and-white terms for public consumption", i.e., denying nuance by presenting stark but fallacious alternatives.

Word forms

Mayberry Machiavelli Mayberry Machiavellis

Etymology

Coined by John J. DiIulio, Jr., who ran President George W. Bush's Faith-based Initiative. See Machiavelli. Mayberry was the name of a small rural town in The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., US TV shows that ran from 1960 to 1971.

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