Snowdenista

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noun

A supporter of Edward Snowden.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounSnowdenista (plural Snowdenistas)

plural Snowdenistas

  1. derogatoryA supporter of Edward Snowden.

    (see title)

    2014 January 29, Edward Lucas, “Taking on the Snowdenistas”, in The Wall Street Journal
    2 more examples

    She explains that the bars and restaurants she hangs out in are frequented by other members of Berlin’s burgeoning community of privacy and civil liberties activists—“Snowdenistas,” they’ve been called—including American filmmaker Laura Poitras, whose documentary about Snowden, Citizenfour, is a strong contender for an Academy Award.

    2015 February 19, Sara Corbett, “How a Snowdenista Kept the NSA Leaker Hidden in a Moscow Airport”, in Vogue

    He said they talk in an online chat room. A bunch of kindred spirits apparently. Snowdenistas one and all.

    2016, Stella Rimington, Breaking Cover, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

Snowdenista. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Snowdenista

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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