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cheerleading

9 3.1

Strong public support for a person, idea, or policy that ignores problems

noun
/ˈtʃɪrˌliːdɪŋ/

: defensa entusiasta

And Wake Up America! certainly seems more political cheerleading than artistic vision.
cheerleading squad
a kind of cheerleading
ethnic cheerleading

You might say this is a bit of of cheerleading for.

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Examples

And I think sort of a lot of the economics community probably was guilty of cheerleading this trend in this direction.
But there was much cheerleading of certain movement leaders in the latter half of the last century.

Blog text (22)
Without their cheerleading, there could have been no consensus for war.

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
The powerful few engender welcome cheerleading from their subjects.

Blog text (32)
But after cheerleading for a failed war, he had to manage to stay in the limelight somehow.

Blog text (33)
In this light, your article distills down to cheerleading for an extremely risky future.

Blog text (20)
And I hope Trump's cheerleading for patriots rubs off on the UK.
Is it because their own lies, distortions, and obvious cheerleading for Obama and all things liberal are being exposed?

Blog text (1)
Despite the concerted measures and presidential cheerleading, Russia's policymakers faced two immediate issues.

Academic text (2010)
During the election season, many politicians engage in cheerleading to rally support from their followers.

Synonyms

advocacy

vscheerleading

145 4.4

Public support for a cause by speaking or arguing for it

is more emotional public backing often lacking critical or reasoned argument

boosterism

vscheerleading

1 7.9

Strong public support for a person, place or idea to help it succeed

is broader enthusiastic public support that often lacks critical evaluation

protagonism

vscheerleading

1 8.6

Active support for a cause or idea shown by speaking and acting

is more about enthusiastic, public backing often without critical evaluation

evangelization

vscheerleading

7.9

Enthusiastic promotion of an idea or product to gain supporters

is less organized and more uncritical in showing public support

drum-beating

vscheerleading

5.8

Actively promoting something to get people to notice and support it

is more about warm enthusiastic backing rather than deliberate campaigning

Antonyms

criticism

512 3.0

Disapproval that points out faults

opposition

386 3.5

A group of people who work together to fight against a plan or decision

How Promotional

propaganda

291 6.2

cheerleading

9 3.1

promotion

61 2.7

endorsement

161 3.6

support

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

cheerleading singular

cheerleadings plural

Morphology

cheerleading = cheerlead (semi-transparent) = cheer + ing

The form is regular, but the public-support meaning is a metaphorical extension rather than a fully literal reading of 'cheer' + 'lead'.

Etymology

Cheerleading can also be seen as cheer ('support') plus lead ('to push forward'), a helpful way to remember its second meaning. So it can mean loudly promoting or backing a person, idea, or policy, often without much criticism.