Boomerism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boomerism is a noun meaning An optimistic form of American capitalism that focuses on one industry.
Meaning
An optimistic form of American capitalism that focuses on one industry.
More Meanings
- The behaviours and attitudes of baby boomers.
- (historical, US) A 19th century movement which campaigned for the extension of the American frontier.
Example Sentences
Boomerism, then, was the most recent expression of the westering American spirit.
The hyper-masculinity, optimism and enthusiastic boomerism of the American frontier moulded the young Briton's character.
Be warned against the tendency to build your young lives around anti-boomerism. In the end, it will be you that gets hurt, not the boomers.
А camp of techno-optimists rebuffs A.I. doomerism with old-fashioned libertarian boomerism, insisting that all the hand-wringing about existential risk is a kind of mass hysteria.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include boomer, hypercapitalism, producerism, procapitalist, poptimist, investorism.
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