Definitions for Jeffersonian

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Jeffersonian Jef·fer·so·ni·an

Spelling: [jef-er-soh-nee-uh n]

IPA: /ˌdʒɛf ərˈsoʊ ni ən/

Jeffersonian is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 673 anagrams from letters in Jeffersonian (aeeffijnnors).

Definitions for Jeffersonian

adjective

1. pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.

noun

1. a supporter of Thomas Jefferson or Jeffersonianism.

Origin of Jeffersonian

An Americanism dating back to 1790-1800; Jefferson + -ian

Examples for Jeffersonian

Jeffersonian simplicity is preached; extravagance is practised.

It is to it that the Jeffersonian doctrines about the "wisdom" of the people would apply.

One of these, the Jeffersonian, was published weekly, at Albany.

It starts with the idea of reproducing the Jeffersonian Ordinance.

Healey describes his politics as "libertarian in some aspects, Jacksonian, Jeffersonian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative."

It was an accomplishment of historic proportions, notes historian Abrahamson, of “a transformed Jeffersonian vision.”

And that his feelings for Hamilton led to a government and a country that became Hamiltonian rather than Jeffersonian.

Many factors ultimately undermined the first old agrarian Jeffersonian dream.

Morton, like Granger, was a Republican and a devoted Jeffersonian.

It was, however, this up-country which had been the mainstay of the Jeffersonian party.