Birchism

English

Etymology

Birch +‎ -ism

Noun

Birchism (usually uncountable, plural Birchisms)

  1. Political ideology espoused by or associated with the John Birch Society, a conservative or right-wing organization in the United States.
    • 1964, Daniel Bell, The Radical Right, page 234:
      An important symptom of the difference between McCarthyism and Birchism is the shift in the geographical center of gravity. This is a move from the Middle West to the Southwest.
    • 1970, Gerald Schomp, Birchism was my Business, page 84:
      […] one or the other side accused me of being a cleverly planted Communist aiding and abetting Insiders who had penetrated the inner chambers of Birchism.

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