Meanings
comparative more Guardianesque · superlative most Guardianesque
- Reminiscent of The Guardian, a left-wing British daily national newspaper.
Against such 'Guardianesque' idealism and misguided liberalism, Thatcher depicted herself as a supreme realist in international relations.
2016, Andrew S. Crines, Timothy Heppell, Peter Dorey, The Political Rhetoric and Oratory of Margaret Thatcher, page 851 more example
A right-wing factionalist in the 1980s, he had become unpopular with the Guardianesque social workers and doctors by siding with the parents in the Cleveland child abuse scandal.
2007, Robert Waller, Byron Criddle, The Almanac of British Politics, page 666
Origin
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