Kirchnerism

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noun

The political philosophy of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president from 2007 to 2015.

OriginSpanish kirchnerismo →
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Meanings

nounKirchnerism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableArgentine politicsThe political philosophy of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president from 2007 to 2015.

    While Mauricio Macri of the Cambiemos (Let’s Change) party won Argentina’s recent presidential election, ending 12 years of “Kirchnerism”, the country’s population remains deeply divided on Macri’s centre-right ideology.

    2015 December 10, Tom Stevens, “'I'm hoping for better things to come': readers' views on Argentina's future”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Spanishkirchnerismo
  2. EnglishKirchnerism

Borrowed from Spanish kirchnerismo. By surface analysis, Kirchner + -ism.

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Translations

French kirchnérisme
  • kirchnérismethe political philosophy
Portuguese kirchnerismo
  • kirchnerismothe political philosophy
Spanish kirchnerismo
  • kirchnerismothe political philosophy
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Kirchnerism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirchnerism

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“Kirchnerism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirchnerism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kirchnerism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirchnerism.

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