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Jacksonian
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Jack·so·ni·an  (jk-sn-n)
adj.
Of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his concepts of popular government, or his presidency.
Jack·soni·an n.
Jack·soni·an·ism n.
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Noun1.Jacksonian - a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas
follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another
Adj.1.Jacksonian - of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy


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11) This tendency, which Brownson routinely connects with the rise of Jacksonianism, rejects the order and stability of organically developed societies in favor of human constructions, and is animated by hostility to the notion of authority, especially the authority of God--a principle that can be apprehended only by acknowledging the fundamental social significance of the Church.
Orestes Brownson on Catholicism and republicanism by Dougherty, Richard J. / Modern Age
Mead depicts Jacksonianism as warlike, trigger-happy, fundamentalist, nativist, paranoid, protectionist, suspicious of federal power, supportive of loose monetary policy, given to cowboy diplomacy, and committed to an anti-internationalist, unilateralist course in foreign affairs.
Letters by The National Interest
Democracy and capitalism were not inherently compatible; only as a consequence of the changes Jacksonianism provoked did there emerge a "middle-class mythology of democratic capitalism.
The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815-1846 by Clark, Christopher / Journal of Social History
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