Reaganesque
Optimistic conservative style
Reaganesque describes qualities associated with Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president.
The term typically evokes his optimistic rhetoric, folksy communication style, and conservative political philosophy: The candidate delivered a Reaganesque speech about morning in America.
It may also suggest his affable persona or his ability to project confidence during crisis.
Cautious about altering customs
- RepublicanGOP party member
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
anti-communist · Cold War · supply-side · neoconservative · hawkish · free-market · Thatcherite · pro-business
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- American exceptionalismBelief U.S. is uniquely virtuous
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- revivalistReligious awakening promoter
- triumphalistExcessive celebration of victory
prosperity · traditional values · Hollywood · cowboy · Western · ranch · Americana · flag-waving
conservative
Cautious about altering customs
- RepublicanGOP party member
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
deregulation · anti-communist · Cold War · supply-side · neoconservative · hawkish · free-market · Thatcherite · pro-business · patriotic
1980s
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- American exceptionalismBelief U.S. is uniquely virtuous
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- revivalistReligious awakening promoter
triumphalist · prosperity · traditional values · Hollywood · cowboy · Western · ranch · Americana · flag-waving · Main Street
charismatic
Compellingly attractive to others
- folksyInformally friendly and simple
- optimisticExpecting positive results
- avuncularKindly like an elder
quip · one-liner · witty · persuasive · anecdotal · affable · genial · disarming · sunny · eloquent
ReaganesqueRooseveltian
Like two famous presidents
socialist · Marxist · progressive · left-wing · Keynesian
Reaganesquedour
Sternly gloomy
cynical · pessimistic · gloomy · Nixonian · technocratic
Reaganesquewonkish
Excessively detail-oriented
professorial · technocratic · data-driven · cerebral · academic