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  • adjective Of or relating to Silvio Berlusconi (born 1936), Italian politician and businessman.

Etymologies

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Berlusconi +‎ -an

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Examples

  • If the Labour Party in Britain faces the possibility of an electoral defeat, in Italy, the center-Left is under the 'Berlusconian' shadow, especially after the debacle of 2008 elections.

    The Crisis of Europe's Social Democracy 2009

  • (perhaps ill-advisedly, given David Mills's Berlusconian troubles) Italy; Purnell plumps for football, film, theatre and music, and was strong on broadcasting policy, thanks to a period at the BBC; but Burnham merely mentions football, rugby league and cricket.

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk John Dugdale, Vicky Frost 2009

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