Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to Woodrow Wilson or his policies
- adj. Of or pertaining to Harold Wilson or his policies
Etymologies
- From Wilson + -ian (Wiktionary)
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.”
“All of this comes down to us as what's called Wilsonian idealism.”
“But "Wilsonian" attitudes, self-righteous and messianic, do run throughout our history and do sometimes spill over into our foreign policy.”
The Huffington Post: Andrew Levine: When the Leaders Speak of Human Rights
“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.”
“The term "Wilsonian," in foreign policy lingo, refers to the view that democracy and human rights can and should be advanced abroad at gunpoint …”
“Indeed, the adjective "Wilsonian," still in use, implies a positive if idealistic vision for the extension of justice and democratic values throughout the world.”
“Neocons and Wilsonian Hawks … a match made in heaven.”
Matthew Yglesias » Bipartisan Policy Center to Represent Hawks, Super-Hawks
“Even more intriguing has been the way Israeli officials and pundits have scoffed at the Wilsonian fantasies of the neocons — fantasies of using the invasion of Iraq as the first stage of “democratizing” the Middle East.”
Matthew Yglesias » Do Critics of Israeli Policy Whine Too Much?
“As I said initially, one can easily argue the justifications for the war – it has been a Wilsonian “export Democracy” project all along, and I have no trouble with honest disagreement as to whether that was a good idea or not.”
“Not to keep on the “I told you so” train here, but the Wilsonian hawks and their neocon supporters are slowly but surely populating Foggy Bottom.”
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