boosterism

English

Etymology

booster + -ism

Noun

boosterism (countable and uncountable, plural boosterisms)

  1. (US) Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion.
    • 1999, Andrew E G Jonas, David Wilson, The Urban Growth Machine: Critical Perspectives, Two Decades Later:
      Urban boosterism has a long tradition in the United States.
    • 2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      And the mayors’ aims are partly political: Crypto boosterism has a useful bipartisan appeal, garnering popularity among both antigovernment conservatives and socially liberal tech moguls.

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