boosterism

noun

boost·​er·​ism ˈbü-stər-ˌi-zəm 

: the activities and attitudes characteristic of boosters

Examples of boosterism in a Sentence

Her article asserts that hometown boosterism keeps people from assessing the crime problem accurately.

Recent Examples on the Web

But the strategic cocktail of soft nationalism, corporate politics and ticket-sales boosterism that constitutes the wild card system more often overshadows sporting fairness. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

That relationship inevitably turned bad, as the President became impatient with the pandemic and demanded politicized boosterism from Fauci. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

So there's evidence now that there was a lot of boosterism and a lot of optimism that was not warranted. — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 27 June 2026

Strip away the boosterism and the point holds. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boosterism

• autism
• fascism
• racism
• sikhism
• sophism
• statism
• sufism
• thomism
• tourism
• tropism
• abolitionism
• aldosteronism