Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to Woodrow Wilson or his policies
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Harold Wilson or his policies

Etymologies

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From Wilson +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • Nor was he even a "Wilsonian" - Cooper argues that like Karl Marx, he would hardly recognize the self-aggrandizing ideals that now bear his name.

    NYT > Home Page By BEVERLY GAGE 2010

  • Nor was he even a "Wilsonian" - Cooper argues that like Karl Marx, he would hardly recognize the self-aggrandizing ideals that now bear his name.

    NYT > Home Page By BEVERLY GAGE 2009

  • Nor was he even a "Wilsonian" - Cooper argues that like Karl Marx, he would hardly recognize the self-aggrandizing ideals that now bear his name.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • All of this comes down to us as what's called Wilsonian idealism.

    Democracy Now! 2009

  • But "Wilsonian" attitudes, self-righteous and messianic, do run throughout our history and do sometimes spill over into our foreign policy.

    Andrew Levine: When the Leaders Speak of Human Rights Andrew Levine 2010

  • But "Wilsonian" attitudes, self-righteous and messianic, do run throughout our history and do sometimes spill over into our foreign policy.

    Andrew Levine: When the Leaders Speak of Human Rights Andrew Levine 2010

  • Those who hailed as "Wilsonian" George Bush's delusional goal of building a liberal Western-style democracy in Iraq should be sobered by the latest report from the United Nations.

    William Fisher: UN Report: Rights Abuses In Iraq 2009

  • Those who hailed as "Wilsonian" George Bush's delusional goal of building a liberal Western-style democracy in Iraq should be sobered by the latest report from the United Nations.

    UN Report: Rights Abuses In Iraq 2009

  • The term "Wilsonian," in foreign policy lingo, refers to the view that democracy and human rights can and should be advanced abroad at gunpoint …

    Dedefensa Philippe Grasset 2010

  • The term "Wilsonian," in foreign policy lingo, refers to the view that democracy and human rights can and should be advanced abroad at gunpoint …

    Dedefensa Philippe Grasset 2010

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