big-tentism

A form of big tentism — The act of appealing to as many different groups, philosophies, and ideologies as possible.

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Meanings

nounbig-tentism (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of big tentism.

    By adopting big-tentism, conservatism has been allowed to degenerate into pseudo-conservatism, an ideology essentially the same as contemporary progressivism: embracing of every ideology and policy position whose inclusion is politically expedient.

    2017 July 4, Matthew Penza, “The Problem with the Big Tent”, in The Princeton Tory

Origin

From big-tent + -ism.

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