New Dealishadj.
/ˌnjuː ˈdiːlɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈn(j)u ˈdilɪʃ/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
Advocating or supportive of the New Deal of the 1930s; relating to or reminiscent of this programme.
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1934 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 2 Jan. 9/3 The National City [Bank] is now about as New Dealish as the Chase and is likely to become even more so.
1936 Denver Rocky Mountain News 7 May 10/3 Two towers of progressive strength, more ‘New Dealish’ than most Democrats, will be lost to the administration in the next Congress.
1973 New Yorker 13 Jan. 56/2 Melvin Laird..saved everyone's dignity by declaring that the name—Family Security System—sounded ‘too New Dealish’.
2001 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 27 May This isn't a sanitized, New Dealish celebration of the virtues of hard work, all bulging muscles and shiny tools.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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