Jeffersonian
pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
a supporter ofThomas Jefferson or Jeffersonianism.
Origin of Jeffersonian
1Other words from Jeffersonian
- an·ti-Jef·fer·so·ni·an, adjective, noun
- Jef·fer·so·ni·an·ism, noun
- pro-Jef·fer·so·ni·an, adjective, noun
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How to use Jeffersonian in a sentence
Healey describes his politics as "libertarian in some aspects, Jacksonian, Jeffersonian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative."
It was an accomplishment of historic proportions, notes historian Abrahamson, of “a transformed Jeffersonian vision.”
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany factors ultimately undermined the first old agrarian Jeffersonian dream.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that his feelings for Hamilton led to a government and a country that became Hamiltonian rather than Jeffersonian.
Have they not been, ever since that inauguration day, the cardinal principles of Jeffersonian democracy?
Nullification, Secession Webster's Argument and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Caleb William Loring
I am now, as I have ever been, true and faithful to the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy.
Politics of Alabama | J. C. (Joseph Columbus) ManningIt starts with the idea of reproducing the Jeffersonian Ordinance.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume XI (of 20) | Charles SumnerThere had been a long inclination on Jackson's part to the Jeffersonian policy.
Martin Van Buren | Edward M. ShepardJeffersonian democracy, therefore, seems now to be nothing more than a meaningless form of expression.
The Facts of Reconstruction | John R. Lynch
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