Jacksonian
- noun
- /ˌdʒækˈsoʊniən/
- US
- The Democratic Party formed essentially out of the (Andrew) Jacksonians in the 1820s.
- many Jacksonians
- Today's Jacksonians
Examples
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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.
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And he was the Jacksonian Democrat in his early life.
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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.
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But Jacksonians admire Israeli courage and self-reliance, and they do not believe that Arab governments are trustworthy or reliable allies.
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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.
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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.
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Many political analysts argue that Jacksonians emphasize the importance of popular participation in government.
Compounds
- Specialized
Seizures that start in one part of a limb and move along the same limb
Surface Forms
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.