Meanings
alternative post-political
- not comparableAfter the end of traditional politics.
Is Trump as fascist? And is Trumpism the result of a deserted social landscape and postpolitical atomization, or is its success rooted in a relatively intact right-wing civil society?
2026, Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization Without Political Consequences, Verso1 more example
“Engels is left holding the bag of 20th-century ideological extremism,” Mr. Hunt writes, “while Marx is rebranded as the acceptable, postpolitical seer of global capitalism.” Mr. Hunt, a young British academic and a columnist for The Guardian, embarks on a two-part rescue mission in “Marx’s General.”
2009 August 19, Dwight Garner, “Fox Hunter, Party Animal, Leftist Warrior”, in New York Times
Origin
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postpolitical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postpolitical
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