Nixonian
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- adjective
- /nɪkˈsoʊniən/
- Major news outlets, like ABC, NBC, CBS, and the still influential New York Times, have now become so ideologically corrupt that they are engaging in the sort of Nixonian cover-ups they once prided themselves on exposing.
- Nixonian moment
- Nixonian politics
Examples
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So the left says Nixon used crime and drugs as a code for racism, but in fact, Nixonian resentment was directed against the Vietnam draft dodgers and the militant anti-war protesters and the drug-smoking hippies.
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Clearly not the scandal of Nixonian Watergate proportion.
Blog text (4) -
It's amazing how Hillary's tactics are putting supposedly enlightened people (at least in their own minds) in the position of defending Nixonian sleaze.
Blog text (16) -
Both of those had been organized along Nixonian lines, with a chief of staff (or, in Ford's euphemism, a "staff director") presiding over White House organization and processes and active principally in the realms of domestic policy and electoral politics.
Academic text (2003) -
The president's handling of the scandal reflected a Nixonian approach, emphasizing secrecy and deception.
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Her strategy during the negotiations was very Nixonian, relying on manipulation to achieve her objectives.
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Critics claimed that his policies were increasingly Nixonian, focusing on political maneuvering rather than transparency.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nixonian comes from the name of U.S. president Richard Nixon plus the ending -ian, which means 'related to' or 'belonging to'. So something called Nixonian has the kind of secrecy or tricky political moves people link to Nixon.