Meanings
- uncountableA political stance associated with the more extreme right-wing positions of Barry Goldwater.
It spoke of the "ill-advised attempts" to substitute Goldwaterism for Republicanism and presented an apocalyptic vision of the senator's positions.
2015, Lee Edwards, Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution2 more examples
Yet so many of the neoconservatives who had preached against Goldwaterism when Goldwater was its champion embraced the Goldwaterism of Ronald Reagan.
1991, E.J. Dionne, Why Americans Hate Politics: Death of the Democratic Process“We must decide how to use these machines most effectively,” a letter sent to residents noted, “Goldwaterism must be defeated” (Independent Citizens, 17 October 1964).
2011, Steven Gregory, Black Corona: Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community, page 72
Origin
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