Meanings
comparative more Trumpian · superlative most Trumpian
- Resembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump.
Both, in true Trumpian fashion, refused to concede.
2022 August 24, Alex Shephard, “Two of the GOP’s Worst Ghouls Lost Their Primaries”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2023, retrieved 24 Aug 20225 more examples
Good times … but then, a couple of weeks ago, Daffy was suddenly sputtering at us again. Such a magnificent Trumpian performance, such an unexpected gift, such bliss. The venue, of course, was “Page Six.”
2006 December 14, Kurt Andersen, “Because . . . Trump!”, in New York, volume 39, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2019, page 41Operating in a command climate of Trumpian instability, the most senior and public White House officials are party to profoundly destabilizing acts.
2017 January 31, Elise Jordan, TIMEChina is internationally much more accepted as being in the top league and is calling the shots … In Trumpian terms, he’s managed to make China look great again.
2017 October 14, Tom Phillips, quoting Steve Tsang, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Observer, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2020The made-up "bible verses" were of course in the form of Trumpian tweets.
2018, David Brody, Scott Lamb, The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography, →ISBNBeyond that, Schumer’s threat was Trumpian—a judge who displeases me will pay a price. His retraction was equally Trumpian: I didn’t threaten anyone. It would be okay if I had because in Brooklyn we threaten people all the time, but those aren’t threats, and anyway I would never, ever do what I just did.
2020 March 6, Garrett Epps, “Chuck Schumer Needs to Watch Himself”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2020Synonyms: Donald Trumpian, Trumpean, Trumpesque, Trumpish, Trumpite, Trumplike
plural Trumpians
- uncommonA political supporter of Donald Trump.
The triumph of the Trumpians was also a win in the war against this mainstream media, which is now held in contempt by many average voters and the weird irony-laden Internet subcultures from right and left, who equally set themselves apart from this hated mainstream.
2017, Angela Nagle, Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN, Introduction
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تِرَمْبِيّ
- تِرَمْبِيّ (tirambiyy)resembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump
Finnish trumpilainen
- trumpilainenresembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump
French trumpien
- trumpienresembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump
Hungarian trumpi
- trumpiresembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump
Italian berlusconiano, trumpiano
- berlusconianoresembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump
- trumpianoresembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump
Polish trumpistowski
- trumpistowskiresembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump
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