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Trumpdom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɹʌmpdəm/
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Etymology

From Trump + -dom.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The world of Donald Trump.
    • (Clue to today’s quiz: In her introduction to the Esquire profiles, to whom is Nora Ephron referring when she writes: “Look how happy he is in his Trumphood; look how merrily he floats in his Trumpdom; look how brightly he wallows in his Trumpness”?) 1989 June 2, Bob Sipchen, “Covering an Identity Crisis”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., page 11, columns 2–3:
    • Having for all intents and purposes conquered official Trumpdom, the truth also appears to be gaining a small foothold in the GOP grass roots. 2020 November 25, Scot Lehigh, “Biden takes his cue from Muhammad Ali as he copes with a dope”, in The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass., page A10, column 3:
    • As for being “Right here,” guest David Letterman was teleported in from New York, illusionists Siegfried and Roy were pretaped at their home in Las Vegas, and Donald Trump materialized on a TV monitor from somewhere within his crumbling Trumpdom. 1990 November 2, Tom Shales, “King’s variety show a failure”, in York Daily Record, York, Pa., page 1D: