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

A little boosterism can go a long way, especially when a marketer’s favorite team has their first real shot at winning a title in, well, forever. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2026

Throughout all of Lowe’s platitudes and boosterism, my attention was rapt, and my mind never wandered. —Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025

Now, in the US, the federal government has used the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill to bring a sudden halt to years of EV and battery manufacturing boosterism. —Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 19 July 2025

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 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boosterism

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