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  • proper noun neologism, pejorative Economic or political measures of the Obama administration endorsing socialism, communism, or the joining of statist and corporate powers, as alleged by its critics.

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A portmanteau of Obama and Communism.

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Examples

  • Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" to describe Barack Obama's [[socialism | socialistic]]

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Conservative 2010

  • J Michaels, some-time policy scholar at the libertarian Cato Institute, labelled plans for a cap-and-trade system to control greenhouse gases as "Obamunism".

    New Statesman Naomi Oreskes 2010

  • Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" to describe Barack Obama's [[socialism | socialistic]]

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Conservative 2010

  • Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" to describe Barack Obama's [[socialism | socialistic]]

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Conservative 2010

  • Critics of the Obama administration have coined the word "[[Obamunism]]" to describe Barack Obama's [[socialism | socialistic]]

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Conservative 2010

  • Gerald Celente predicts that the corrupt economic policies of "Obamunism" will lead to a second health care reform bill refers to persons with learning disabilities as "retarded."

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Gerald Celente predicts that the corrupt economic policies of "Obamunism" will lead to a second health care reform bill refers to persons with learning disabilities as "retarded."

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Gerald Celente predicts that the corrupt economic policies of "Obamunism" will lead to a second health care reform bill refers to persons with learning disabilities as "retarded."

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Gerald Celente predicts that the corrupt economic policies of "Obamunism" will lead to a second health care reform bill refers to persons with learning disabilities as "retarded."

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • With section titles such as "Obamunism", "Health Care disinformation" and "Barack Obama and Liberal Elitism", the page absolutely screams 'biased' (as true as all the claims are) to a casual reader looking at the Table of Contents.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jzyehoshua 2009

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