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New Deal en · PROPN

Etymology

Deal refers to the distribution of cards in a card game. A new deal results in a new deck, thus a new (supposedly) fair distribution of chances, i.e. figuratively (in the original use) new opportunities in life for everyone.

Meanings

  1. A series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression, focusing on relief, recovery, and reform.
    • The right rallying call is for a “Green New Deal.” The New Deal was not built on a magic bullet, but on a broad range of programs and industrial projects to revitalize America. Ditto for an energy New Deal. 2007 January 19, Thomas L. Friedman, “A Warning From the Garden”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2019:

Deriveds

New Dealer · New Dealism · Green New Deal

Relateds

square deal

Translations (4)

cmn 羅斯福新政 /罗斯福新政 (series of domestic programs) · pl Nowy Ład (series of domestic programs) · pt New Deal (series of domestic programs) · fi New Deal (series of domestic programs)