Etymology

Townsendian

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Today it means: Of or relating to the Townsend Plan of 1933, proposing an old-age pension in response to the Great Depression, and leading to a social and political movement. Full definition →

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The story

Townsend + -ian; the plan was devised by Francis Everett Townsend.

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