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Jacksonian

Jacksonian

1 9.4
A follower of Andrew Jackson or his political ideas
  • noun
  • /ˌdʒækˈsoʊniən/
  • US
: jacksoniano
  • The Democratic Party formed essentially out of the (Andrew) Jacksonians in the 1820s.
  • many Jacksonians
  • Today's Jacksonians

Examples

  • Many southern whites are Jacksonians; so are many of the swing voters in the North known as Reagan Democrats.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Not all evangelicals are Jacksonians, and not all Jacksonians are evangelicals, but there is a certain overlap between the two constituencies.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And he was the Jacksonian Democrat in his early life.

  • But I am certainly glad they sent me a photocopy of it because it is so Jacksonian.

    Academic text (1998)
  • What is so Jacksonian about supporting Kyoto and other measures to control carbon emissions?

    Blog text (26)
  • But for Jacksonians, Israel, despite all its power and all its victories, remains an endangered David surrounded by enemies.

    Academic text (2008)
  • But Jacksonians admire Israeli courage and self-reliance, and they do not believe that Arab governments are trustworthy or reliable allies.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Once convinced that communism was an immediate threat to national security, the Jacksonians wanted a more hawkish policy than Acheson and his planning chief, George Kennan, thought was wise.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act (1830), even though by a narrow margin, was a crucial victory for Jacksonians in that it endowed removal with the national imprimatur.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Many political analysts argue that Jacksonians emphasize the importance of popular participation in government.

Compounds

Jacksonian epilepsy
  • Specialized
9.3

Seizures that start in one part of a limb and move along the same limb

Surface Forms

Jacksonian singular
Jacksonians plural

Morphology

Jacksonian = Jackson (transparent) = Jackson + ian

The suffix '-ian' is commonly used to form nouns indicating followers or adherents, making the meaning clear.

Etymology

Jacksonian names a follower of Andrew Jackson and comes from his name with the ending -ian, which means 'a supporter of' or 'from' and is the same ending in librarian. So a Jacksonian is someone who supports Jackson's political ideas or belongs to his political movement.