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Meaning of Goldwaterism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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A political stance associated with the more extreme right-wing positions of Barry Goldwater.

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Yet so many of the neoconservatives who had preached against Goldwaterism when Goldwater was its champion embraced the Goldwaterism of Ronald Reagan.”
““We must decide how to use these machines most effectively,” a letter sent to residents noted, “Goldwaterism must be defeated” (Independent Citizens, 17 October 1964).”
“It spoke of the "ill-advised attempts" to substitute Goldwaterism for Republicanism and presented an apocalyptic vision of the senator's positions.”

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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