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Jacksonian

[ jak-soh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him:

    Jacksonian democracy.



noun

  1. a follower of Andrew Jackson.

Jacksonian

/ dʒækˈsəʊnɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a person surnamed Jackson, esp Andrew Jackson


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jacksonian1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; Jackson + -ian

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Example Sentences

Healey describes his politics as "libertarian in some aspects, Jacksonian, Jeffersonian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative."

He can use that affinity to build confidence for a Jacksonian approach to world chaos.

That strategy clashes with a Republican base that is particularly Jacksonian in off-year elections, like the 2010 Tea Party wave.

William Henry Harrison's notoriously long inaugural address expounded the theory and program of the anti-Jacksonian Whigs.

But until Sunday, his foreign policy had lacked “Jacksonian” appeal.

In the United States, after a generation of conservatism, Jacksonian democracy was to sweep all before it.

Houston was a man after Benton's own heart, and was thoroughly Jacksonian in type.

After the ceremony was carried out he rose up, a Jacksonian Democrat in name, but a bluer Republican than ever.

The drift was inevitable, and the climax came with the advent of Jacksonian democracy.

This provision stood clear in the document; but judicial ingenuity had circumvented it in the age of Jacksonian Democracy.

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