es·tab·lish·men·tar·i·an
i-ˌsta-blish-mən-ˈter-ē-ən 
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: of, relating to, or favoring the social or political establishment
establishmentarian
noun
plural -s
: the system of giving official state recognition and support to a particular church : the setting up of an established church
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Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2023
On paper, Rhodes looks like an establishmentarian par excellence: prep school, Rice University, presidential speechwriter and deputy national security adviser by his early 30s.
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Washington Post,
11 June 2021
Among the French of those times and among the establishmentarian American big wigs of our new century, there is the art of hinting and letting the damage dangle in the air.
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John Kass,
chicagotribune.com,
17 Apr. 2018
As Fred Bauer argues, Moore’s defeat offers a lesson for both the party’s establishmentarian and populist wings.
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Theodore Kupfer,
National Review,
15 Dec. 2017
This points to the obvious establishmentarian critique of the Cotton Doctrine: that a shortsighted focus on security over values and national interest over multilateralism risks damaging American interests in the long run.
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Jason Willick,
WSJ,
8 Dec. 2017
Consider two counties: The Trump base bastion of Wilkes County, North Carolina, where Trump grew the GOP advantage in 2016, and establishmentarian Delaware County Ohio, where the Republican edge slipped last November.
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Dante Chinni,
NBC News,
22 Oct. 2017
There is no display of establishmentarian cravenness more thorough than that offered up by Paul Ryan in his interview with Sean Hannity last night.
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Jonathan Chait,
Daily Intelligencer,
28 Sep. 2017
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Adjective
While campuses were erupting with antiwar protests, the Jets’ playboy quarterback, Joe Namath, with his long hair, fur coats and bedroom eyes, famously predicted the Jets would beat the N.F.L.’s ultra-establishmentarian Baltimore Colts and win Super Bowl III.
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Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2023
On paper, Rhodes looks like an establishmentarian par excellence: prep school, Rice University, presidential speechwriter and deputy national security adviser by his early 30s.
—
Washington Post,
11 June 2021
Among the French of those times and among the establishmentarian American big wigs of our new century, there is the art of hinting and letting the damage dangle in the air.
—
John Kass,
chicagotribune.com,
17 Apr. 2018
As Fred Bauer argues, Moore’s defeat offers a lesson for both the party’s establishmentarian and populist wings.
—
Theodore Kupfer,
National Review,
15 Dec. 2017
This points to the obvious establishmentarian critique of the Cotton Doctrine: that a shortsighted focus on security over values and national interest over multilateralism risks damaging American interests in the long run.
—
Jason Willick,
WSJ,
8 Dec. 2017
Consider two counties: The Trump base bastion of Wilkes County, North Carolina, where Trump grew the GOP advantage in 2016, and establishmentarian Delaware County Ohio, where the Republican edge slipped last November.
—
Dante Chinni,
NBC News,
22 Oct. 2017
There is no display of establishmentarian cravenness more thorough than that offered up by Paul Ryan in his interview with Sean Hannity last night.
—
Jonathan Chait,
Daily Intelligencer,
28 Sep. 2017
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