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Peronist

Peronist

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Relating to the ideas and policies of Juan Perón and his followers in Argentina
  • adjective
  • /pəˈroʊnɪst/
translation icon : peronista
  • Others resort to the municipality, the local public health center (28 percent), or a Peronist grassroots committee or Peronist broker (11 percent).
  • Peronist Party
  • Peronist incumbency
  • Peronist governor

Examples

  • Conversely, the Peronist Party began the new democracy with a serious leadership crisis as it struggled to rebuild its once-invincible electoral coalition.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The new democracy began with the defeat of the Peronist Party in the presidential elections of May 1983.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Their alliance with the Peronist Party and their own divided leadership served only to make their opposition more intractable.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Peronist brokers present their political work not as a job but as "a passion for the people."

    Academic text (2000)
  • The same applied to the Argentine provinces, where a majority of Peronist governors were needed to deliver votes at election time.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Peronist governors are reluctant to sacrifice their budgets to support adjustment.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Thus, Alfonsin often found himself outflanked on the left by human rights organizations and the progressive wing of the Peronist Party.

    Academic text (2000)
  • I knew him to be one of the country's rising Peronist intellectuals, and therefore presumably in contact with the exiled leader in Madrid.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Under the leadership of President Kirchner, a formerly unknown Peronist governor of the sparsely populated southern province of Santa Cruz, the future is beginning to look brighter for the assemblies, the factories, and the nation.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Peronist policies often emphasize social justice and labor rights.

Surface Forms

Peronist positive

Morphology

Peronist = Perón (transparent) = Perón + ist

Formed by the productive English suffix '-ist' added to the proper name Perón; the meaning 'supporter of or relating to Perón/Peronism' is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Peronist comes from the name of the Argentine leader Perón and is used for ideas or policies that follow his views, just like Marxist comes from Marx. So calling a policy Peronist means it follows Perón's political ideas.