establishmentarian
adjective
es·tab·lish·men·tar·i·an
i-ˌsta-blish-mən-ˈter-ē-ən 
-ˌmen-
: of, relating to, or favoring the social or political establishment
establishmentarian
noun
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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
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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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
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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