Hamiltonian
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- adjective
- /ˌhæmɪlˈtoʊniən/
- George Bush Sr. was a Hamiltonian Republican elected in 1988.
- Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian
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Barack Obama is a Hamiltonian Democrat who, along with his Democrat Congress, also followed the Keynesian policies of Bush.
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As with so many other constitutional questions, the Hamiltonian position has been dominant in the twentieth century.
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But we will see many Hamiltonian revivals along the way.
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The long Hamiltonian ascendancy in the United States has brought many benefits.
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Jimmy Carter was a Hamiltonian Democrat elected in 1976.
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The Fed has recently betrayed its Hamiltonian goals of sound money and sound credit abysmally.
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Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson both took Hamiltonian policy to a new level in the early 1900s.
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Clinton claimed to be a centrist who followed responsible Hamiltonian policy over the Keynesian policies of the FDR Democrats.
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After Wilson's administration, politicians who favored Hamiltonian policy aligned themselves with the Democrats, while Jeffersonian policies were revived by the Republicans.
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The president's address reflected a clear Hamiltonian approach to strengthening federal authority over states.
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Etymology
Hamiltonian comes from the name Hamilton, from Alexander Hamilton, plus the ending -ian, which means 'related to' or 'supporter of'. So a Hamiltonian approach follows Hamilton's ideas, such as a strong central government and a national bank.